{"conversationCode":"037-108","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-108","startDateTime":"1973-03-14T21:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-14T21:26:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:25 PM","endDate":"14-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:26 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 4:25 pm to 4:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-108 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":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-108\n\nDate: March 14, 1973\nTime: 4:25 pm-4:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John W. Dean, III.\n\n[See Conversation No. 419-34B]\n\n       Congressional access to Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] raw files\n             -Past incidents\n             -Orders for FBI","filename":["037-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"037-107","nextCode":"037-109","transcript":[{"start":0,"end":2,"speaker":"Operator","text":"Yeah, Mr. Dean."},{"start":2,"end":3,"speaker":"Dean","text":"Hello."},{"start":3,"end":11,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"John, do you know whether or not, uh, any other instances where raw files of the FBI have been turned over to committees of Congress?"},{"start":11,"end":18,"speaker":"Dean","text":"Uh, I know that there have been some summary files turned over,"},{"start":18,"end":20,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I mean, raw files. We need raw files."},{"start":19,"end":23,"speaker":"Dean","text":"raw files. No, but let me check with somebody who will have an answer right off the top."},{"start":23,"end":26,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"You You call the FBI and tell them I want that in 3 minutes."},{"start":26,"end":27,"speaker":"Dean","text":"I will have it."},{"start":27,"end":31,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"They'd to have their ass and they'll have it over here, or I'll fire the whole goddamn bureau."},{"start":31,"end":32,"speaker":"Dean","text":"All right."},{"start":32,"end":33,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I mean that."},{"start":33,"end":34,"speaker":"Dean","text":"All right."},{"start":34,"end":35,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"You get right ahold of them."},{"start":35,"end":36,"speaker":"Dean","text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon urgently inquired of John Dean whether the FBI had previously provided raw files to congressional committees. Nixon demanded immediate confirmation and threatened severe repercussions for the FBI if the information was not promptly supplied. Dean agreed to contact the FBI to ascertain this information.","topics":["FBI raw files","Congressional access","Nixon administration","John Dean","White House tapes"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T16:45:35.704Z"},"topicSlugs":["fbi-raw-files","congressional-access","nixon-administration","john-w-dean-iii","white-house-tapes"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-108.mp3","bytes":278528,"durationSec":38.57,"bitrate":57765,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T16:19:14.791Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-108","catalogNaId":417195349,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417195349","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}