{"conversationCode":"038-036","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-036","startDateTime":"1973-04-15T04:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-15T04:22:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:16 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:22 PM","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 11:16 pm and 11:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-036 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. 38-36\n\nDate: April 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:16 pm and 11:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     Telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["038-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-035","nextCode":"038-037","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":4.62,"text":"Mr. Perlichman, please."},{"start":4.64,"end":6.19,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a late-night telephone call to reach his domestic affairs advisor, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange serves as a request to the White House operator to facilitate an immediate connection with Ehrlichman. This interaction reflects the ongoing, high-level administrative communication occurring during the height of the Watergate scandal.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Watergate era"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:30:51.515Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","watergate-era"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-036.mp3","bytes":419840,"durationSec":12.99,"bitrate":258628,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}