{"conversationCode":"037-050","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-050","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T17:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T17:04:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:04 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-050 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. 37-50\n\f                                               - 36 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\nDate: March 5, 1973\nTime: 12:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["037-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-049","nextCode":"037-051","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":4.77,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."},{"start":4.91,"end":5.42,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussions occur during this short administrative exchange.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Secretary of State","Logistics","Executive Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:13:04.305Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","secretary-of-state","logistics","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-050.mp3","bytes":73728,"durationSec":12.05,"bitrate":48934,"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/037-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}