{"conversationCode":"037-117","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-117","startDateTime":"1973-03-15T17:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-15T17:11:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:05 PM","endDate":"15-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-117 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. 37-117\n\nDate: March 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 880-4]\n\n       Request for a call to Ralph H. Cake\n             -Portland, Oregon","filename":["037-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-116","nextCode":"037-118","transcript":[{"start":3.61,"end":10.11,"text":"please would you try mr ralph cake in portland oregon please thank you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Ralph H. Cake in Portland, Oregon. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate communication between the President and Cake. No further substantive discussion or decision-making occurred during this brief request.","topics":["Ralph H. Cake","Communication logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:19:16.638Z"},"topicSlugs":["ralph-h-cake","communication-logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-117.mp3","bytes":96256,"durationSec":15.11,"bitrate":50974,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}