Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-097

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John W. Dean III

Wednesday, March 14, 1973 · 8:36 AM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-097 on Tape 37StartWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 8:36 AMEndWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 8:36 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-097 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. This brief exchange served as a logistical instruction for the operator to connect the President with Dean. No substantive discussion of policy or political matters occurred during this administrative request.

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Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:36 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-097 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-97

Date: March 14, 1973
Time: 8:36 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

[See Conversation No. 419-10]

       Request for a call to John W. Dean, III

Also recorded on March 14, 1973

  • 037-098 8:36 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 8:55 am.
  • 419-010 8:36 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:36 am.
  • 419-011 8:36 AM · 12 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 8:36 am and 8:55 am.
  • 419-012 8:36 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 8:55 am.
  • 419-013 8:36 AM · 14 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 8:36 am and 8:55 am.
  • 419-014 8:36 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 8:55 am.
  • 037-099 8:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 8:55 am to 8:59 am.
  • 419-015 8:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:55 am to 8:59 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-097, March 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-097 (accessed October 5, 2026).