Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-163

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John W. Dean III

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 10:46 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-163 on Tape 37StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 10:46 AMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 10:46 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-163 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195455 ↗

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NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-163 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-163

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: 10:46 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 884-5]

       Request for a call to John W. Dean, III

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Also recorded on March 20, 1973

  • 119-003 10:26 AM · 7 min — George H. W. Bush and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 1:00 pm.
  • 119-004 10:26 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 1:00 pm.
  • 884-003 10:29 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Ronald L. Ziegler, Leslie C. Arends, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:29 am to 10:46 am.
  • 037-164 10:46 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 10:46 am to 10:47 am.
  • 884-004 10:46 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:46 am.
  • 884-005 10:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:46 am.
  • 884-006 10:46 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 10:47 am.
  • 884-007 10:47 AM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:47 am to 12:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-163, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195455). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-163 (accessed November 5, 2026).