{"conversationCode":"038-065","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":65,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-065","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T19:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T19:19:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"2:19 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"2:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","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.","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. 38-65\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: 2:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 427-2A]\n\n     Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -38-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-065.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-064","nextCode":"038-066","transcript":[{"start":2.81,"end":4.41,"text":"Robert, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Haldeman, H.R.","White House operations","Administrative communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:33:38.114Z"},"topicSlugs":["haldeman-h-r","white-house-operations","administrative-communication"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-065.mp3","bytes":481280,"durationSec":14.95,"bitrate":257598,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.442Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-065.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-065","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-065","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}