Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-102
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John W. Dean III
Wednesday, March 14, 1973 · 12:25 PM–12:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
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.
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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, IIIAlso recorded on March 14, 1973
- 419-021 12:25 PM · 10 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 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.
- 419-036 12:25 PM · 9 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 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.
- 879-006 12:25 PM · 26 sec — Unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:25 pm on March 14, 1973 and 11:16 am on March 15, 1973.
- 037-103 12:27 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 12:27 pm to 12:28 pm.
- 419-022 12:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:27 pm to 12:28 pm.
- 419-023 12:47 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:47 pm to 1:30 pm.
- 037-104 1:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 4:09 pm.
- 419-024 1:30 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 4:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 037-102, 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/037-102 (accessed October 5, 2026).