{"conversationCode":"036-003","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-003","startDateTime":"1973-01-19T16:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-19T16:52:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1973","startTime":"11:26 AM","endDate":"19-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-003 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. 36-3\n\nDate: January 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:26 am and 11:52 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                              -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                  Conversation No. 36-3 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 397-10]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["036-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-002","nextCode":"036-004","transcript":[{"start":3.27,"end":4.35,"text":"Steve Ball, please."},{"start":4.41,"end":5.59,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to contact his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The sole purpose of the call was to facilitate this connection for further presidential business. No substantive policy matters or historical developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative tasks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:55:22.082Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-tasks"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-003.mp3","bytes":325017,"durationSec":13.41,"bitrate":193847,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.763Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}