Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-054
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Strategic planning
Sunday, April 15, 1973 · 8:18 PM–8:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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On April 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 8:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-054 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-54
Date: April 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:18 pm and 8:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 38-54 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator.
Telephone call to an unknown person [Henry E. Petersen ?]
The President conferred with an unknown person.
[Begin conferral]
Plans
[End conferral]Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on April 15, 1973
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- 038-052 8:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 8:14 pm to 8:18 pm.
- 038-053 8:18 PM · 2 min — White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 8:25 pm.
- 038-055 8:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 8:25 pm to 8:26 pm.
- 038-056 8:26 PM · 18 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:26 pm and 9:15 pm.
- 038-057 9:17 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:17 pm and 9:39 pm.
- 038-058 9:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 9:39 pm to 9:41 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-054, April 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-054 (accessed November 2, 2026).