{"conversationCode":"037-142","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":142,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-142","startDateTime":"1973-03-17T20:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-17T20:47:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:47 PM","endDate":"17-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-142 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. 37-142\n\nDate: March 17, 1973\nTime: 3:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 416-50A]\n\n       Unsuccessful attempt to reach H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n             -Meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["037-142.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-141","nextCode":"037-143","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":0.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.99,"end":3.31,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman is out for about two hours."},{"start":4.28,"end":5.98,"text":"Not necessary, no."},{"start":6.4,"end":10.73,"text":"I'll call him later."},{"start":10.79,"end":11.37,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to contact Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman through the White House operator. Upon learning that Haldeman would be unavailable for two hours, the President decided not to pursue the call further. No further action was taken, and the brief interaction concluded without connecting the two parties.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:21:34.329Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-142.mp3","bytes":118784,"durationSec":17.64,"bitrate":53870,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-142.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-142","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-142","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}