{"conversationCode":"037-103","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":103,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-103","startDateTime":"1973-03-14T17:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-14T17:28:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:27 PM","endDate":"14-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dean, John W., III;","description":"On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 12:27 pm to 12:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-103 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. 37-103\n\nDate: March 14, 1973\nTime: 12:27 pm-12:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John W. Dean, III.\n\n[See Conversation No. 419-22]\n\n       Ronald L. Ziegler's press briefing\n\n       Dean's schedule\n              -Richard A. Moore\n              -Meeting with President\n\f                                               - 77 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["037-103.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"037-102","nextCode":"037-104","transcript":[{"start":1.3,"end":1.64,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.78,"end":2.08,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.2,"end":5.32,"text":"Has Ron finished his briefing yet?"},{"start":5.38,"end":6.64,"text":"He's in process right now."},{"start":6.78,"end":7.54,"text":"He's still at it?"},{"start":7.56,"end":8.06,"text":"Yes, he is."},{"start":8.14,"end":8.46,"text":"Fine."},{"start":10.43,"end":22.7,"text":"Well, let me suggest that maybe when he finishes, you and Dick Moore, let me see how he finishes, you might come in."},{"start":22.74,"end":24.08,"text":"Are you going out to lunch?"},{"start":24.22,"end":24.54,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":25.92,"end":28.16,"text":"Check with Dick if he's going out, and then we'll talk about another matter."},{"start":28.18,"end":29.96,"text":"But finish the briefing first."},{"start":30.2,"end":30.44,"text":"All right."},{"start":31,"end":32.79,"text":"And we'll be right back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Dean coordinate their schedules following a press briefing by Ronald Ziegler. Nixon instructs Dean to consult with Richard Moore regarding lunch plans and prepares to meet with both men afterward. The brief discussion serves primarily to arrange a subsequent meeting to address undisclosed sensitive matters.","topics":["John W. Dean III","Ronald L. Ziegler","Richard A. Moore","White House scheduling","Watergate aftermath"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:17:57.986Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean-iii","ronald-l-ziegler","richard-a-moore","white-house-scheduling","watergate-aftermath"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-103.mp3","bytes":272384,"durationSec":38.52,"bitrate":56569,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.122Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-103.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-103","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-103","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}