{"conversationCode":"037-136","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":136,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-136","startDateTime":"1973-03-17T01:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-17T01:34:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:34 PM","endDate":"16-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 8:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-136 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. 37-136\n\nDate: March 16, 1973\nTime: 8:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Unsuccessful attempt to reach Harry F. Byrd, Jr.\n             -Byrd's schedule\n                     -Secretary\n\f                                             - 97 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["037-136.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-135","nextCode":"037-137","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.58,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.76,"end":6.49,"text":"Senator Byrd doesn't answer at his residence, and his secretary thinks he went somewhere to eat."},{"start":7.36,"end":9.46,"text":"Do you want her to try to locate him?"},{"start":10.74,"end":11.71,"text":"I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":11.79,"end":13.01,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. via telephone to discuss unidentified business. Upon learning that the Senator was unavailable at his residence and out for dinner, Nixon declined further efforts by the operator to locate him. The President decided to postpone the contact and rescheduled the call for the following day.","topics":["Harry F. Byrd Jr.","Presidential scheduling","White House communications","Telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:21:01.815Z"},"topicSlugs":["harry-f-byrd-jr","presidential-scheduling","white-house-communications","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-136.mp3","bytes":147456,"durationSec":21.63,"bitrate":54545,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.125Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-136.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-136","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-136","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}