{"conversationCode":"038-056","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-056","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T01:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T02:15:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:26 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1973","endTime":"9:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 15, 1973, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-056 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. 38-56\n\nDate: April 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:26 pm and 9:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. The President can be heard in\nthe background.\n\n     Meeting between President and John W. Dean, III\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["038-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"038-055","nextCode":"038-057","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":10.63,"text":"Would you call John Dean at his residence, please, and ask him to meet the president in the EOB office at 9 o'clock?"},{"start":10.87,"end":12.01,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":12.03,"end":18.09,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinated an urgent meeting between President Nixon and John W. Dean III at the Executive Office Building for 9:00 p.m. This directive required the White House operator to contact Dean at his residence to facilitate the late-night session. The conversation reflects an effort to secure direct communication with Dean amidst the escalating pressures of the Watergate investigation.","topics":["John W. Dean III","Watergate investigation","Executive Office Building","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:32:45.837Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean-iii","watergate-investigation","executive-office-building","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-056.mp3","bytes":581632,"durationSec":18.05,"bitrate":257739,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}