{"conversationCode":"038-068","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-068","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T21:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T21:04:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:04 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"4:04 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 4:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-068 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. 38-68\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: 4:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 427-7]\n\n     Telephone call to John W. Dean, III\n\f                                               -39-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-067","nextCode":"038-069","transcript":[{"start":3.07,"end":4.57,"text":"John Dean, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the White House operator to be connected with John W. Dean, III. This phone call served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with his White House Counsel during the escalating Watergate crisis. No further policy discussion occurred during this interaction.","topics":["John W. Dean","Watergate scandal","White House communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:33:54.398Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean","watergate-scandal","white-house-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-068.mp3","bytes":405504,"durationSec":12.55,"bitrate":258557,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.442Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}