{"conversationCode":"038-059","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-059","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T03:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T04:15:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:16 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator;","description":"On April 15, 1973, John D. Ehrlichman and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 pm and 11:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-059 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. 38-59\n\nDate: April 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:16 pm and 11:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III","filename":["038-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Ehrlichman, John D.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-058","nextCode":"038-060","transcript":[{"start":2.88,"end":13.65,"text":"Would you try Director Gray at the FBI at home, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"John D. Ehrlichman requested that the White House operator connect him to Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray at his private residence. The call was initiated during a period of intense scrutiny regarding the Watergate investigation. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical effort to establish a direct, off-hours line of communication with Gray.","topics":["Watergate scandal","L. Patrick Gray","FBI","John D. Ehrlichman","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:33:02.631Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","l-patrick-gray","fbi","john-d-ehrlichman","communication"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-059.mp3","bytes":595968,"durationSec":18.51,"bitrate":257623,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}