{"conversationCode":"037-131","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":131,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-131","startDateTime":"1973-03-17T00:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-17T00:53:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:50 PM","endDate":"16-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:50 pm and 7:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-131 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. 37-131\n\nDate: March 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:50 pm and 7:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["037-131.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-130","nextCode":"037-132","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":2.92,"text":"Call soon please."},{"start":3,"end":3.7,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a formal request for a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. The call served as a brief administrative directive to facilitate communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive matters were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Administrative request","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:20:33.926Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","administrative-request","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-131.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":10.71,"bitrate":47438,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-131.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-131","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-131","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}