President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate official communication between the President and his legal advisor. No further substantive details regarding the purpose of the call to Dean were recorded in this segment.
On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-102 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 37-102 Date: March 14, 1973 Time: Unknown between 12:25 am and 12:27 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 419-21] Request for a call to John W. Dean, III
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.