Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 37 › Conversation 037-155

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John Dean and Richard Moore

Monday, March 19, 1973 · 4:59 PM ET · White House Telephone ·18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation037-155 onTape 37StartMonday, March 19, 1973 at 4:59 PMEndMonday, March 19, 1973 at 4:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-155 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to summon John W. Dean III and Richard A. Moore to his office in the Executive Office Building. This request facilitated a meeting with two key figures involved in the ongoing legal and political fallout of the Watergate scandal. The primary action item was the immediate coordination of their attendance at the White House to discuss administrative or legal strategies.

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Operator, would you see if Mr. John Dean and Mr. Dick Moore could drop over to the UOB office, please?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-155 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-155

Date: March 19, 1973
Time: 4:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 420-21]
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

                                         (rev. Sept-09)

       Request for John W. Dean, III and Richard A. Moore
             -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on March 19, 1973

  • 037-156 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 420-021 4:59 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:59 pm.
  • 420-022 4:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 420-023 4:59 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 420-024 5:03 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, and John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 5:41 pm.
  • 037-157 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Stennis talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
  • 037-158 5:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:07 pm and 5:54 pm.
  • 037-159 5:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:54 pm to 5:55 pm.

All 31 conversations from March 19, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-155, March 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-155 (accessed September 18, 2026).