{"conversationCode":"037-005","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-005","startDateTime":"1973-02-28T14:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-28T14:02:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:01 AM","endDate":"28-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:02 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Johnson, Roger E.;","description":"On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Roger E. Johnson talked on the telephone from 9:01 am to 9:02 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-005 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. 37-5\n\nDate: February 28, 1973\nTime: 9:01 am-9:02 am\n\f                                                 -3-\n\n                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Roger E. Johnson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 865-10]\n\n       Health\n                -Location\n                       -Hospital\n                -Surgery\n                -Notre Dame\n                -Nurses","filename":["037-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Johnson, Roger E."],"prevCode":"037-004","nextCode":"037-006","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":1.25,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.27,"end":2.49,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Roger Johnson."},{"start":2.93,"end":3.11,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.45,"end":3.87,"text":"There you are."},{"start":4.15,"end":4.71,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.73,"end":5.69,"text":"Hello."},{"start":6.29,"end":6.75,"text":"Roger?"},{"start":7.09,"end":8,"text":"Yeah, how are you, Mr. President?"},{"start":8.02,"end":13.32,"text":"I just called you the other night, and they said you were still in the hospital, but how are you doing?"},{"start":13.79,"end":20.88,"text":"Well, I was doing very well, you know, and I went home about three days early from the surgery, but then I had this damned..."},{"start":21.32,"end":23.04,"text":"Blood clot?"},{"start":23.06,"end":27.07,"text":"Blood clot in my lung, and that sent me back here last Wednesday, and I..."},{"start":27.74,"end":29.18,"text":"I think I'll be in another week."},{"start":29.2,"end":34.49,"text":"That's the thing that really set the thing, but I'm getting along fine now again this day."},{"start":34.51,"end":36.67,"text":"Well, I'll tell you, you just fight it out, boy."},{"start":36.72,"end":38.58,"text":"I mean, just figure like you're playing Notre Dame."},{"start":40.44,"end":40.8,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":40.82,"end":41.76,"text":"I'll be in there fine."},{"start":41.82,"end":43.03,"text":"I sure appreciate your call."},{"start":43.07,"end":45.69,"text":"Well, you take care and don't look too much at the pretty nurses."},{"start":46.65,"end":46.83,"text":"Okay."},{"start":47.29,"end":47.45,"text":"Fine."},{"start":47.47,"end":48.2,"text":"Thank you so much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted Roger E. Johnson to check on his health status following a surgery and a subsequent hospitalization due to a blood clot. Nixon offered encouragement during the brief call, using a football analogy to motivate Johnson’s recovery. No policy matters were discussed, as the conversation served purely as a personal gesture of concern.","topics":["Roger E. Johnson","Health","Hospitalization","Personal call","Surgery"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:08:51.296Z"},"topicSlugs":["roger-e-johnson","health","hospitalization","personal-call","surgery"],"audioDurationSec":54,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-005.mp3","bytes":397312,"durationSec":54.35,"bitrate":58485,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.111Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-005","catalogNaId":417195157,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417195157","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}