{"conversationCode":"037-007","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-007","startDateTime":"1973-02-28T17:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-28T17:30:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:30 PM","endDate":"28-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 12:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-007 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. 37-7\n\nDate: February 28, 1973\nTime: 12:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                              -4-\n\n                              NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 414-1A]\n\n       Request for a call to Richard M. Helms","filename":["037-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-006","nextCode":"037-008","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":3.32,"text":"To Helms, please."},{"start":3.34,"end":3.83,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.95,"end":4.59,"text":"Richard Helms."},{"start":4.61,"end":5.21,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to former CIA Director Richard Helms. This request serves as a preliminary administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the two men. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Richard Helms","CIA","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:09:02.462Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-helms","cia","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-007.mp3","bytes":71680,"durationSec":11.81,"bitrate":48541,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.111Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}