{"conversationCode":"037-185","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":185,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-185","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T19:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T19:52:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:52 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-185 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. 37-185\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: 2:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                            - 127 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n[See Conversation No. 421-5]\n\n       Request a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["037-185.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-184","nextCode":"037-186","transcript":[{"start":5.31,"end":6.22,"text":"Mr. Holliman, please."},{"start":6.93,"end":8.48,"text":"Mr. Holliman, please."},{"start":8.5,"end":8.84,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to H.R. \"Bob\" Haldeman. The exchange was strictly procedural, serving to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief request.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:25:33.833Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-185.mp3","bytes":104448,"durationSec":16.35,"bitrate":51116,"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/037-185.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-185","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-185","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}