{"conversationCode":"002-039","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-039","startDateTime":"1971-04-26T23:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-26T23:38:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:38 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-039 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. 2-39\n\nDate: April 26, 1971\nTime: 7:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n    H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location\n\n     Call to John D. Ehrlichman\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:16:18","tapeEnd":"01:16:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-038","nextCode":"002-040","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.23,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman left just about five minutes ago en route to his residence."},{"start":5.25,"end":5.99,"text":"Can I call you back?"},{"start":7.79,"end":8.72,"text":"Uh, yes."},{"start":8.74,"end":10.1,"text":"Could you get Mr. Ehrlichman for me?"},{"start":10.28,"end":11.2,"text":"Yes, I'll be glad to."},{"start":11.28,"end":13.45,"text":"And maybe you can call me back when Mr. Haldeman gets home."},{"start":13.59,"end":14.61,"text":"Yes, I will, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with his senior staff. He requested that the operator connect him with John D. Ehrlichman and arrange a follow-up call once H.R. Haldeman reached his residence. The exchange served primarily as an administrative coordination effort to re-establish contact with key advisors after hours.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","White House communications","administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:11:08.233Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-communications","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-039.mp3","bytes":168792,"durationSec":15.19,"bitrate":88901,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.962Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}