{"conversationCode":"037-052","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-052","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:26:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:26 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:26 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 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-052 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. 37-52\n\nDate: March 5, 1973\nTime: 3:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 417-4]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                             - 37 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["037-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-051","nextCode":"037-053","transcript":[{"start":1.65,"end":3.12,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.14,"end":3.48,"text":"Steve's book."},{"start":3.5,"end":3.85,"text":"Yes, Mr. Preston."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request through the White House operator to contact Stephen B. Bull. The primary purpose of the call is to facilitate a direct communication between the President and Bull regarding his personal records or files. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:13:15.352Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-052.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":10.72,"bitrate":47379,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.117Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-052","catalogNaId":417195245,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417195245","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}