{"conversationCode":"037-078","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-078","startDateTime":"1973-03-11T15:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-11T15:21:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:21 AM","endDate":"11-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:21 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:21 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-078 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. 37-78\n\nDate: March 11, 1973\nTime: 10:21 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["037-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-077","nextCode":"037-079","transcript":[{"start":3.02,"end":4.08,"text":"Ehrlichman, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to domestic policy advisor John D. Ehrlichman. The primary purpose of this brief interaction is to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key staff member. No further policy or administrative developments occur during this specific bridge to the subsequent conversation.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:15:39.947Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-078.mp3","bytes":67584,"durationSec":11.63,"bitrate":46502,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}