{"conversationCode":"037-149","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":149,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-149","startDateTime":"1973-03-18T15:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-18T15:12:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:05 AM","endDate":"18-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-149 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. 37-149\n\nDate: March 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:12 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["037-149.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-148","nextCode":"037-150","transcript":[{"start":2.6,"end":3.6,"text":"General Haig, please."},{"start":3.62,"end":5.13,"text":"Al Haig."},{"start":5.69,"end":6.42,"text":"Sir?"},{"start":6.43,"end":10.62,"text":"General Al Haig, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request an urgent telephone connection with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served solely as a procedural step to facilitate a private consultation between the President and his top aide. No further discussion occurred during this specific call segment.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential communications","White House operations","Administrative requests"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:22:12.041Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-149.mp3","bytes":102400,"durationSec":15.45,"bitrate":53011,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-149.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-149","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}