{"conversationCode":"037-164","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":164,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-164","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:47:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:46 AM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dean, John W., III;","description":"On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 10:46 am to 10:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-164 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. 37-164\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: 10:46 am-10:47 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John W. Dean, III.\n\n[See Conversation No. 884-6]\n\n       Public statement\n              -Preparation\n              -John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["037-164.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"037-163","nextCode":"037-165","transcript":[{"start":1.58,"end":3.17,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":3.19,"end":3.89,"text":"Mr. Dean, Mr. President."},{"start":3.91,"end":4.59,"text":"Good morning, Mr. President."},{"start":4.61,"end":7.25,"text":"Did you have that statement, or did you plan to make it?"},{"start":7.27,"end":8.19,"text":"What did you think of it?"},{"start":8.31,"end":14.22,"text":"We are stomping and honing it right at this very minute, and it's always about five to ten minutes away from complying."},{"start":14.24,"end":19.07,"text":"Well, when you get through, give her a ring down here, and I'll see whether I've got her like when they're coming in."},{"start":19.27,"end":19.55,"text":"Okay."},{"start":19.57,"end":19.81,"text":"Good, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Dean discuss the status of a pending public statement, which Dean indicates is currently being finalized. Nixon instructs Dean to deliver the draft to him immediately upon completion for review. This brief exchange reflects the ongoing efforts of the White House staff to coordinate messaging regarding the escalating Watergate investigation.","topics":["Watergate","Public relations","John Ehrlichman","White House communications","Legal strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:23:38.467Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","public-relations","john-ehrlichman","white-house-communications","legal-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-164.mp3","bytes":178176,"durationSec":26.23,"bitrate":54349,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-164.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-164","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-164","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}