{"conversationCode":"038-051","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-051","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T00:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T01:14:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1973","startTime":"7:43 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:14 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 7:43 pm and 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-051 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. 38-51\n\nDate: April 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:43 pm and 8:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared Richard Nixon’s Special\nWhite House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of\nthe House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of Recorded\nPresidential Conversations (SRPC), page 763 (1). Please refer to the logging below.]\n\n     Telephone call to Henry E. Petersen","filename":["038-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-050","nextCode":"038-052","transcript":[{"start":4.4,"end":6.46,"text":"Attorney General, Mr. Peterson, please."},{"start":6.48,"end":7.95,"text":"He's probably home."},{"start":7.97,"end":8.15,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. This interaction serves as a logistical step to reach a key figure involved in the Watergate investigation. The call concludes with the operator's acknowledgement of the request to track down Petersen at his residence.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","Watergate investigation","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:32:17.027Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","watergate-investigation","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-051.mp3","bytes":458752,"durationSec":14.23,"bitrate":257967,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}