{"conversationCode":"037-137","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-137","startDateTime":"1973-03-17T15:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-17T15:14:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:11 AM","endDate":"17-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-137 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. 37-137\n\nDate: March 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:11 am and 10:14 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 882-5]\n\n       Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["037-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-136","nextCode":"037-138","transcript":[{"start":3.52,"end":5.32,"text":"General Haig, please."},{"start":5.34,"end":7.59,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy or strategic discussions occur during this short administrative connection.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:21:07.245Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-137.mp3","bytes":77824,"durationSec":12.48,"bitrate":49887,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-137","catalogNaId":417195407,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417195407","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}