{"conversationCode":"038-016","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-016","startDateTime":"1973-04-14T13:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-14T13:47:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:44 AM","endDate":"14-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 8:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 38-16\n\nDate: April 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:44 am and 8:47 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 428-16]\n\n     Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["038-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-015","nextCode":"038-017","transcript":[{"start":3.73,"end":4.88,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to reach a member of the President's immediate staff. No substantive policy discussions or complex strategic decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Staff communications","Executive administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:28:58.617Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","staff-communications","executive-administration"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-016.mp3","bytes":356352,"durationSec":11,"bitrate":259165,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}