{"conversationCode":"037-155","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":155,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-155","startDateTime":"1973-03-19T21:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-19T21:59:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:59 PM","endDate":"19-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","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.","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. 37-155\n\nDate: March 19, 1973\nTime: 4:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 420-21]\n\f                                               - 107 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                         (rev. Sept-09)\n\n       Request for John W. Dean, III and Richard A. Moore\n             -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["037-155.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-154","nextCode":"037-156","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":10.71,"text":"Operator, would you see if Mr. John Dean and Mr. Dick Moore could drop over to the UOB office, please?"},{"start":11.28,"end":11.46,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":11.48,"end":11.68,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["John Dean","Richard Moore","White House operations","Watergate","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:22:47.251Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-dean","richard-moore","white-house-operations","watergate","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-155.mp3","bytes":124928,"durationSec":18.47,"bitrate":54120,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-155.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-155","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-155","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}