{"conversationCode":"038-049","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-049","startDateTime":"1973-04-15T21:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-15T22:15:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:00 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:15 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 4:00 pm and 5:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-049 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. 38-49\n\nDate: April 15 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 5:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["038-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-048","nextCode":"038-050","transcript":[{"start":2.81,"end":11.64,"text":"Ehrlichman, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with his Assistant for Domestic Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Ehrlichman amidst the escalating Watergate crisis. No further substantive discussion occurs during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Watergate","White House communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:32:05.491Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","watergate","white-house-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-049.mp3","bytes":374784,"durationSec":11.6,"bitrate":258471,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}