{"conversationCode":"037-088","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-088","startDateTime":"1973-03-11T19:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-11T19:33:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:27 PM","endDate":"11-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-088 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. 37-88\n\nDate: March 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:27 pm and 2:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["037-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-087","nextCode":"037-089","transcript":[{"start":2.12,"end":4.83,"text":"Let's try Mr. Pat Buchanan, please."},{"start":4.96,"end":5.91,"text":"Yes, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to his advisor, Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange serves as a functional directive to facilitate communication between the President and his staff. No further substantive policy matters or political discussions occur during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:16:35.657Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-088.mp3","bytes":98304,"durationSec":15.13,"bitrate":51966,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}