{"conversationCode":"038-018","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-018","startDateTime":"1973-04-14T13:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-14T13:54:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:49 AM","endDate":"14-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:54 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 8:49 am and 8:54 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-018 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. 38-18\n\nDate: April 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:49 am and 8:54 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 428-18]\n\n     Telephone call to Elliot L. Richardson","filename":["038-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-017","nextCode":"038-019","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":3.75,"text":"Dr. Richardson please."},{"start":3.83,"end":11.15,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Elliot L. Richardson. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a direct consultation between the President and the Attorney General-designate. No further substantive discussion occurred during this connection.","topics":["Elliot L. Richardson","White House operations","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:29:09.972Z"},"topicSlugs":["elliot-l-richardson","white-house-operations","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-018.mp3","bytes":360448,"durationSec":11.13,"bitrate":259004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}