{"conversationCode":"037-044","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-044","startDateTime":"1973-03-04T15:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-04T16:22:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:03 AM","endDate":"4-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:22 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 11:22 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-044 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. 37-44\n\nDate: March 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:03 am and 11:22 am\n\f                                               - 29 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\nRequest for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["037-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-043","nextCode":"037-045","transcript":[{"start":2.19,"end":5.04,"text":"Please."},{"start":5.06,"end":6.02,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."},{"start":6.45,"end":6.65,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate an urgent telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to facilitate communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive matters were addressed during this specific interaction.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House operations","Diplomatic communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:12:30.542Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operations","diplomatic-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-044.mp3","bytes":75776,"durationSec":11.08,"bitrate":54711,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.116Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}