Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-117

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ralph H. Cake

Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 12:05 PM–12:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-117 on Tape 37StartThursday, March 15, 1973 at 12:05 PMEndThursday, March 15, 1973 at 12:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-117 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Ralph H. Cake in Portland, Oregon. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate communication between the President and Cake. No further substantive discussion or decision-making occurred during this brief request.

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please would you try mr ralph cake in portland oregon please thank you

NARA Description

On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-117 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-117

Date: March 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 880-4]

       Request for a call to Ralph H. Cake
             -Portland, Oregon

Also recorded on March 15, 1973

  • 880-003 11:58 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:05 pm.
  • 880-004 12:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm.
  • 880-005 12:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm.
  • 037-118 12:11 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph H. Cake talked on the telephone from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm.
  • 880-006 12:11 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ralph H. Cake, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:11 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 880-007 12:25 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:26 pm.
  • 880-008 12:26 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Max L. Friedersdorf, Debbie Ploch, and James M. Collins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:35 pm.
  • 880-009 12:35 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 1:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-117, March 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-117 (accessed October 5, 2026).