{"conversationCode":"043-213","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":213,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-213","startDateTime":"1973-02-05T18:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-05T21:08:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:38 PM","endDate":"5-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 4:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-213 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-213\n\nDate: February 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown before 4:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["043-213.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-212","nextCode":"043-214","transcript":[{"start":3.17,"end":6.01,"text":"Mr. Stebo, please."},{"start":6.03,"end":6.7,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with Stephen B. Bull. The conversation serves solely as a logistical administrative step to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No substantive policy discussions occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Staff communication","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:43:23.608Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","staff-communication","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-213.mp3","bytes":326611,"durationSec":13.47,"bitrate":194026,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-213.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-213","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-213","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}