{"conversationCode":"037-042","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-042","startDateTime":"1973-03-03T22:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-03T23:16:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Mar-1973","startTime":"5:18 PM","endDate":"3-Mar-1973","endTime":"6:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 6:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-042 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. 37-42\n\nDate: March 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:18 pm and 5:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 416-25]\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's schedule","filename":["037-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-041","nextCode":"037-043","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":1.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.83,"end":5.12,"text":"Mr. Haldeman is expected at his residence in about 15 minutes."},{"start":6.26,"end":7.93,"text":"There's no urgency if he's there."},{"start":7.95,"end":8.86,"text":"It's convenient."},{"start":8.9,"end":9.52,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to coordinate an urgent communication with H. R. Haldeman. The operator informed the President that Haldeman was expected to arrive at his residence shortly. Nixon directed the operator to reach out to him there, noting that the matter was not urgent but could be addressed once Haldeman became available.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Communication coordination","White House operations","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:12:19.555Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","communication-coordination","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-042.mp3","bytes":116736,"durationSec":17.83,"bitrate":52387,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-042","catalogNaId":417195225,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417195225","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}