Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-016

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 10:51 AM–10:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-016 on Tape 37StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 10:51 AMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 10:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to request that the operator place a follow-up telephone call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange, as it served strictly as an administrative request to initiate a subsequent conversation.

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Clean these, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-16

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:51 am and 10:52 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 866-10]

Request for a call to Richard G. Kleindienst

Also recorded on March 1, 1973

  • 037-015 10:51 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:51 am.
  • 866-006 10:51 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:51 am.
  • 866-007 10:51 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
  • 866-008 10:51 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
  • 866-009 10:51 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
  • 866-010 10:51 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
  • 866-011 10:51 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
  • 037-017 10:52 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:56 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-016, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-016 (accessed October 1, 2026).