{"conversationCode":"037-169","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":169,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-169","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T19:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T20:10:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 3:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-169 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. 37-169\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 3:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 884-18]\n\n       Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["037-169.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-168","nextCode":"037-170","transcript":[{"start":2.77,"end":3.7,"text":"General Haig, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to request a call with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of this contact was to facilitate urgent communication with his chief deputy. No further substance was recorded beyond this administrative request to connect with Haig.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:24:05.392Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-169.mp3","bytes":47104,"durationSec":7.27,"bitrate":51857,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-169.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-169","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-169","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}