{"conversationCode":"037-178","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":178,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-178","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T00:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T00:48:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:48 PM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 7:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-178 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. 37-178\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: 7:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 422-7]\n\n       Unsuccessful attempt to reach Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                             - 124 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["037-178.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-177","nextCode":"037-179","transcript":[{"start":1.63,"end":4,"text":"Uh, Mr. President, Mr. Bull isn't home."},{"start":4.04,"end":7.81,"text":"They did give me another number that I could reach him if you want me to get him there."},{"start":11.71,"end":13.09,"text":"Uh, yeah, you can go in there."},{"start":13.11,"end":14.19,"text":"All right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to attempt to locate and connect him with aide Stephen B. Bull. After the operator reported that Bull was not at his primary residence, the President authorized the operator to try an alternative contact number provided to the White House. The brief exchange served as a logistical effort to establish direct communication with a member of the President's staff.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Staff communication","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:24:55.265Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","staff-communication","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-178.mp3","bytes":133120,"durationSec":20.05,"bitrate":53106,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.129Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-178.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-178","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-178","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}