{"conversationCode":"037-204","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":204,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-204","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T00:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T00:53:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:50 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 7:50 pm and 7:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-204 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. 37-204\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:50 pm and 7:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["037-204.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-203","nextCode":"037-205","transcript":[{"start":4.5,"end":5.89,"text":"Mr. Carlson, please."},{"start":5.91,"end":10.9,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to his former special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate private communication with Colson. No further substantive policy or strategic discussions took place during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:27:20.956Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-204.mp3","bytes":102400,"durationSec":15.79,"bitrate":51891,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-204.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-204","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-204","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}