{"conversationCode":"038-030","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-030","startDateTime":"1973-04-14T22:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-14T23:08:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:15 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1973","endTime":"6:08 PM","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 5:15 pm and 6:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-030 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. 38-30\n\nDate: April 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 6:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 428-28A]\n\n     Telephone call to Richard G. Kleindienst\n\f                                              -19-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                Conversation No. 38-31 (cont’d)","filename":["038-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Ehrlichman, John D.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-029","nextCode":"038-031","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":4.34,"text":"Yes, please?"},{"start":4.36,"end":5.15,"text":"This is John Ehrlichman."},{"start":5.19,"end":8.42,"text":"Would you get the Attorney General at home for me, please?"},{"start":8.72,"end":9.08,"text":"Certainly."},{"start":9.2,"end":10.11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"John D. Ehrlichman contacted the White House operator to request an urgent telephone connection to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst at his private residence. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of a high-level communication between Ehrlichman and the Justice Department during the height of the Watergate investigations. No substantive discussion occurred during this exchange beyond the facilitation of the call.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Richard G. Kleindienst","Watergate scandal","Department of Justice","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:30:16.730Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","richard-g-kleindienst","watergate-scandal","department-of-justice","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-030.mp3","bytes":483328,"durationSec":14.99,"bitrate":258004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.437Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}