{"conversationCode":"037-054","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-054","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:27 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 3:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-054 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. 37-54\n\nDate: March 5, 1973\nTime: 3:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 417-6]\n\n       Request for a call to William P. Rogers\n\f                                               - 38 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["037-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-053","nextCode":"037-055","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":1.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary bridge to initiate a formal diplomatic communication. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Communication logistics","Diplomatic relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:13:26.627Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","communication-logistics","diplomatic-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-054.mp3","bytes":71680,"durationSec":11.89,"bitrate":48215,"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/037-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-054","catalogNaId":417195249,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417195249","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}