Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-124
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John D. Ehrlichman
Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 9:32 PM–9:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served primarily to facilitate direct communication between the President and his domestic policy advisor during the height of the Watergate investigations. No further substantive discussion occurred on this specific line.
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NARA Description
On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:32 pm and 9:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-124 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-124
Date: April 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:32 pm and 9:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 429-23]
Telephone call to John D. EhrlichmanAlso recorded on April 19, 1973
- 038-123 6:00 PM · 3 min — John D. Ehrlichman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:03 pm.
- 429-022 8:26 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John J. Wilson, Frank H. Strickler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:26 pm to 9:32 pm.
- 038-125 9:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:32 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 429-023 9:32 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:32 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 038-126 9:37 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:37 pm to 9:53 pm.
- 429-024 9:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:37 pm to 9:53 pm.
- 038-127 9:54 PM · 15 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 9:54 pm.
- 429-025 9:54 PM · 11 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:54 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-124, April 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-124 (accessed October 27, 2026).