{"conversationCode":"037-004","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-004","startDateTime":"1973-02-28T13:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-28T14:01:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:43 AM","endDate":"28-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:01 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-4\n\nDate: February 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:43 am and 9:01 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 865-9]\n\n       Request for a call to Roger E. Johnson\n             -Location\n                      -Hospital\n                      -Louise Johnson","filename":["037-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-003","nextCode":"037-005","transcript":[{"start":2.75,"end":3.27,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.29,"end":5.34,"text":"Would you try Roger Johnson?"},{"start":5.42,"end":9.19,"text":"He may be in the hospital, but if he isn't, his wife will probably know."},{"start":9.21,"end":10.02,"text":"All right, Mr. President."},{"start":10.04,"end":11.12,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Roger E. Johnson. Nixon expressed uncertainty regarding Johnson's status, suggesting he might be hospitalized, and directed the operator to contact Johnson’s wife, Louise, if he could not be reached directly. This brief exchange served to facilitate a priority communication between the President and Johnson.","topics":["Roger E. Johnson","White House communication","scheduling","Louise Johnson"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:08:45.897Z"},"topicSlugs":["roger-e-johnson","white-house-communication","scheduling","louise-johnson"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-004.mp3","bytes":110592,"durationSec":16.39,"bitrate":53991,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}