Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-065
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Haldeman, H.R.
Monday, April 16, 1973 · 2:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Robert [Haldeman]. This interaction serves as a routine administrative coordination step to facilitate direct communication with his Chief of Staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief exchange.
- Haldeman, H.R.
- White House operations
- Administrative communication
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NARA Description
On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-065 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-65
Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 2:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 427-2A]
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- 427-003 3:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
- 427-004 3:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
- 427-005 3:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-065, April 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-065 (accessed October 5, 2026).