{"conversationCode":"038-042","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-042","startDateTime":"1973-04-15T19:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-15T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1973","startTime":"2:22 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 3:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-042 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. 38-42\n\nDate: April 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:22 pm and 3:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                              -26-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                Conversation No. 38-42 (cont’d)\n\n     Telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["038-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-041","nextCode":"038-043","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":5.21,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief exchange served as a logistical administrative step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his senior advisor. No substantive policy matters or further details were recorded during this connection request.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:31:26.885Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-042.mp3","bytes":321536,"durationSec":9.96,"bitrate":258261,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.439Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}