My memory is foggy, but I thought I heard Howard on the tape tell her she couldn't use the phone in the room they were in, but the phone in the kitchen ( or wherever) worked. I never saw that portion of the tape again on TV. It was edited out or clipped short. I still want to see that entire tape.
As I said, my memory is overloaded, and it may also be that Howard related that in court, or somewhere else. I just have this picture in my head of actually hearing it on that tape.
Yet another piece of evidence.