Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-194

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Wednesday, March 21, 1973 · 4:53 PM–4:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-194 on Tape 37StartWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 4:53 PMEndWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 4:58 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-194 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate immediate communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief request.

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Secretary Rogers please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-194 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-194

Date: March 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 4:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 421-18A]

       Request for a call to William P. Rogers

Also recorded on March 21, 1973

  • 037-191 4:41 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:41 pm.
  • 037-192 4:41 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:43 pm.
  • 421-014 4:41 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:41 pm.
  • 037-193 4:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:43 pm to 4:45 pm.
  • 421-016 4:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:43 pm to 4:45 pm.
  • 421-017 4:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm.
  • 421-018 4:53 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, William P. Rogers, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John W. Dean, III, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:53 pm to 6:01 pm.
  • 037-195 4:58 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 4:58 pm to 5:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-194, March 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-194 (accessed October 6, 2026).