{"conversationCode":"038-066","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":66,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-066","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T20:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T20:25:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"3:25 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:25 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 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-066 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. 38-66\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: 3:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 427-4]\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler [?]","filename":["038-066.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-065","nextCode":"038-067","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":10.78,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves primarily as an administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and his senior staff. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions are recorded during this brief connection.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:33:43.489Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-066.mp3","bytes":348160,"durationSec":10.75,"bitrate":259176,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-066.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-066","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-066","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}