{"conversationCode":"037-051","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-051","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T17:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:26:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:04 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-051 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. 37-51\n\nDate: March 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:04 pm and 3:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       William P. Rogers\n              -Senate Foreign Relations Committee","filename":["037-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-050","nextCode":"037-052","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":1.22,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.24,"end":2.09,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":2.31,"end":2.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.55,"end":6.09,"text":"Secretary Rogers is on the Hill with the Senate Foreign Relations."},{"start":6.16,"end":7.42,"text":"No problem, no problem."},{"start":8.04,"end":9.42,"text":"He can call me back this afternoon."},{"start":9.44,"end":10.93,"text":"It's just a routine matter."},{"start":11.35,"end":12.05,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.09,"end":12.23,"text":"Fine."},{"start":12.25,"end":13.33,"text":"When he's free, no hurry."},{"start":13.51,"end":13.87,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon received an update from the White House operator regarding Secretary of State William P. Rogers' ongoing appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Nixon dismissed the need for immediate contact, characterizing the situation as routine. He directed the operator to have Rogers return the call later that afternoon at his convenience.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Senate Foreign Relations Committee","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:13:09.885Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","senate-foreign-relations-committee","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-051.mp3","bytes":133120,"durationSec":19.83,"bitrate":53713,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}