{"conversationCode":"322-037","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-037","startDateTime":"1972-03-09T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-09T19:39:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1972","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"9-Mar-1972","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-037 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 322-37\n\nDate: March 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:30 pm 2:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 21-37]","filename":["322-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:03:06","tapeEnd":"02:03:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"322-036","nextCode":"322-038","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.12,"text":"Under Secretary Erwin, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Under Secretary of State John N. Irwin. This interaction reflects the President's reliance on the switchboard to facilitate official communications with high-level State Department personnel. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the exchange is strictly procedural to establish the phone connection.","topics":["White House switchboard","John N. Irwin","Department of State","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:00:34.245Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-switchboard","john-n-irwin","department-of-state","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-037.mp3","bytes":226534,"durationSec":5.51,"bitrate":328749,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}