{"conversationCode":"037-070","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-070","startDateTime":"1973-03-09T19:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T19:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:35 PM","endDate":"9-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-070 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. 37-70\n\nDate: March 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 418-5B]\n\n       Request for a call to William Downey","filename":["037-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-069","nextCode":"037-071","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":6.3,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":6.32,"end":7.3,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":7.32,"end":8.22,"text":"This is Mr. Kissinger."},{"start":8.26,"end":11.11,"text":"Could you put Mr. William Downey?"},{"start":12.95,"end":13.85,"text":"I'm sorry, who?"},{"start":13.87,"end":14.83,"text":"Mr. William Downey."},{"start":14.85,"end":16.78,"text":"My office will have his number."},{"start":17.02,"end":17.72,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to William Downey. Kissinger directs the operator to retrieve Downey’s contact information from his office files to complete the connection. This administrative exchange reflects the routine logistical processes required to manage official communications for the National Security Advisor.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","William Downey","White House operations","Logistics","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:14:55.460Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","william-downey","white-house-operations","logistics","communications"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-070.mp3","bytes":169984,"durationSec":25.12,"bitrate":54135,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}