{"conversationCode":"037-156","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":156,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-156","startDateTime":"1973-03-19T21:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-19T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:59 PM","endDate":"19-Mar-1973","endTime":"5:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-156 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. 37-156\n\nDate: March 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:59 pm-5:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 420-23]\n\n       Request for a call to John C. Stennis","filename":["037-156.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-155","nextCode":"037-157","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":3.76,"text":"Senator Stennis please."},{"start":3.78,"end":4.18,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call to the White House operator to be connected with Senator John C. Stennis. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish communication with the Senator. No further discussion occurred during this recording segment.","topics":["John C. Stennis","White House operator","Communication logistics","Presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:22:52.489Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-stennis","white-house-operator","communication-logistics","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-156.mp3","bytes":69632,"durationSec":11.41,"bitrate":48807,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-156.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-156","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-156","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}