{"conversationCode":"037-161","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":161,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-161","startDateTime":"1973-03-19T22:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T01:34:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1973","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"19-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:34 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 5:55 pm and 8:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-161 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. 37-161\n\nDate: March 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 8:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["037-161.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-160","nextCode":"037-162","transcript":[{"start":3.73,"end":5.65,"text":"You try, Mr. Coulson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This administrative exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate communication between the President and his former special counsel. No further substantive discussion took place during this brief connection.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:23:21.162Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-161.mp3","bytes":83968,"durationSec":13.16,"bitrate":51044,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-161.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-161","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-161","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}