Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-058

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John C. Stennis

Monday, March 5, 1973 · 3:34 PM–4:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-058 on Tape 37StartMonday, March 5, 1973 at 3:34 PMEndMonday, March 5, 1973 at 4:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-058 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator John C. Stennis. The purpose of this communication is to reach the Senator while he is currently hospitalized. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief administrative request.

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Senator Stennis, please, at the hospital.

NARA Description

On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-058 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-58

Date: March 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 417-12]

       Request for a call to John C. Stennis
             -Hospital

Also recorded on March 5, 1973

  • 037-056 3:33 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:33 pm.
  • 037-057 3:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
  • 417-008 3:33 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:33 pm.
  • 417-009 3:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
  • 417-010 3:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-011 3:34 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-012 3:34 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-013 3:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-058, March 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-058 (accessed October 6, 2026).