{"conversationCode":"038-022","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-022","startDateTime":"1973-04-14T15:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-14T16:30:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:50 AM","endDate":"14-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator;","description":"On April 14, 1973, John D. Ehrlichman and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-022 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. 38-22\n\nDate: April 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:50 am and 11:30 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to John W. Dean, III","filename":["038-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Ehrlichman, John D.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-021","nextCode":"038-023","transcript":[{"start":3.47,"end":4.2,"text":"This is John Erlichman."},{"start":4.22,"end":5.87,"text":"Could you give me John Dean, please?"},{"start":6.09,"end":6.19,"text":"Sure."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"John D. Ehrlichman initiated a request for the White House operator to connect him with John W. Dean, III. This administrative call facilitated direct communication between the two advisors during a period of escalating tensions related to the Watergate investigation. No substantive policy matters or specific decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","John W. Dean III","Watergate","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:29:32.392Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","john-w-dean-iii","watergate","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-022.mp3","bytes":677888,"durationSec":21.04,"bitrate":257752,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}