{"conversationCode":"037-073","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-073","startDateTime":"1973-03-09T19:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T19:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:46 PM","endDate":"9-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-073 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. 37-73\n\nDate: March 9, 1973\nTime: 2:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 418-5E]\n\n       Request for a call to Thomas J. Meskill","filename":["037-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-072","nextCode":"037-074","transcript":[{"start":0.66,"end":2.71,"text":"I better get on the phone."},{"start":2.91,"end":4.74,"text":"Mezcal, the governor of Connecticut, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill. This brief exchange serves solely as an administrative instruction to initiate communication with the governor. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this connection.","topics":["Thomas J. Meskill","Connecticut","White House communications","executive operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:15:11.868Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-j-meskill","connecticut","white-house-communications","executive-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-073.mp3","bytes":75776,"durationSec":12.44,"bitrate":48730,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}