{"conversationCode":"030-037","tapeNumber":30,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-030-037","startDateTime":"1972-09-30T16:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-30T16:05:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:00 PM","endDate":"30-Sep-1972","endTime":"12:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-037 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 30-37\n\nDate: September 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 789-7A]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles E. (“Chip”) Bohlen\n             -Washington Medical Center\n             -Wife","filename":["030-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"030-036","nextCode":"030-038","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":7.9,"text":"Would you try Ambassador Boland at the hospital?"},{"start":7.96,"end":8.68,"text":"You have his number?"},{"start":9.56,"end":10.08,"text":"Ambassador Boland."},{"start":10.1,"end":11.78,"text":"Ambassador Boland is at the hospital."},{"start":11.8,"end":15.47,"text":"He's, well, maybe they haven't given it to you."},{"start":15.53,"end":19.19,"text":"They should have, but let me check it here just a minute."},{"start":19.21,"end":20.98,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":21,"end":24.66,"text":"Washington Medical Center, Ambassador Charles Boland."},{"start":25.46,"end":26.06,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":26.2,"end":29.87,"text":"Now, if he is not able to take the call, I'll talk to his wife, who is probably there with him."},{"start":30.29,"end":31.04,"text":"Okay."},{"start":31.1,"end":32.53,"text":"Thank you so much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an emergency telephone call to Ambassador Charles E. “Chip” Bohlen at the Washington Medical Center. The President sought to reach the ailing diplomat directly to offer personal support. He further directed that if Bohlen was incapacitated, the operator should connect him instead with Bohlen's wife.","topics":["Charles E. Bohlen","Diplomacy","Medical emergency","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:44:41.647Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-e-bohlen","diplomacy","medical-emergency","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"030-037.mp3","bytes":853889,"durationSec":35.51,"bitrate":192389,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.808Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/030-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/30/conversation-030-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}