{"conversationCode":"001-038","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-038","startDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:21:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:14 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-038 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-38\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["001-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:25:03","tapeEnd":"01:25:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-037","nextCode":"001-039","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.25,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.27,"end":2.03,"text":"Parliament, please."},{"start":2.05,"end":2.65,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The exchange serves as a brief logistical communication to facilitate further discussion between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short administrative connection.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:55:03.728Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-038.mp3","bytes":78366,"durationSec":3.19,"bitrate":196583,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}