{"conversationCode":"037-015","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-015","startDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:51:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"1-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:51 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-015 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. 37-15\n\nDate: March 1, 1973\nTime: 10:51 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 866-6]\n\f                                                -9-\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n       Request for a call to William L. White\n             -Emporia, Kansas\n             -Health\n             -Newspaper editor","filename":["037-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-014","nextCode":"037-016","transcript":[{"start":3.24,"end":10.78,"text":"You try Mr. William L. White in Emporia, Kansas."},{"start":10.82,"end":13.37,"text":"He's ill, but I think he can talk on the phone there."},{"start":13.53,"end":13.83,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.85,"end":14.31,"text":"Bye, Mr. President."},{"start":14.33,"end":14.6,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":14.62,"end":15.36,"text":"He's a newspaper."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to William L. White, a newspaper editor based in Emporia, Kansas. The President specifically notes that although White is currently ill, he likely retains the capacity to engage in a conversation. The exchange serves as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between Nixon and the editor.","topics":["William L. White","White House communications","Newspaper editors","Presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:09:48.745Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-white","white-house-communications","newspaper-editors","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-015.mp3","bytes":157696,"durationSec":22.11,"bitrate":57067,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.112Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}