{"conversationCode":"037-031","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-031","startDateTime":"1973-03-02T16:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-02T16:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Mar-1973","startTime":"11:41 AM","endDate":"2-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:43 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 11:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-031 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. 37-31\n\nDate: March 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:41 am-11:43 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 867-5]\n\n       George T. Bell\n             -Location\n             -Health\n             -Nurse\n\n       [Pause]","filename":["037-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-030","nextCode":"037-032","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":2.68,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Bell is at home."},{"start":2.72,"end":7.91,"text":"The nurse said he's entirely too weak, but he would have loved to talk to you, maybe some other time."},{"start":8.27,"end":9.07,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":9.09,"end":10.66,"text":"Well, I'll pick... Is the nurse there?"},{"start":10.7,"end":11.34,"text":"Yes, would you?"},{"start":11.52,"end":12.84,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach George T. Bell via telephone, but the connection was unsuccessful due to Bell's declining health. The White House operator relayed information from Bell’s nurse, explaining that Bell was too weak to participate in a conversation. Nixon acknowledged the situation and accepted that a call would not be possible at that time.","topics":["George T. Bell","Presidential communication","Health status","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:11:18.789Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-t-bell","presidential-communication","health-status","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":72,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-031.mp3","bytes":518144,"durationSec":72.09,"bitrate":57497,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}