{"conversationCode":"037-035","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-035","startDateTime":"1973-03-03T01:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-03T01:05:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:01 PM","endDate":"2-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:05 PM","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 8:01 pm and 8:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-035 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. 37-35\n\nDate: March 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:01 pm and 8:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["037-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-034","nextCode":"037-036","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":4.79,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.85,"end":6.5,"text":"Could you try Dr. Kissinger, please?"},{"start":6.86,"end":7.24,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary step to initiate a direct line of consultation between the two men. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for connectivity.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Communication protocol","National security","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:11:40.907Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","communication-protocol","national-security","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-035.mp3","bytes":106496,"durationSec":16.47,"bitrate":51738,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}