{"conversationCode":"038-069","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-069","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T21:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:04 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"4:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dean, John W., III;","description":"On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-069 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. 38-69\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: 4:04 pm - 4:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John W. Dean, III.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 427-8A]\n\n     Dean’s meeting with President","filename":["038-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"038-068","nextCode":"038-070","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.32,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.34,"end":1.7,"text":"Mr. Dean."},{"start":1.86,"end":2.22,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.5,"end":6.12,"text":"I got tied up with Peterson, so I, uh, I wonder if you'd come over now, huh?"},{"start":6.42,"end":6.62,"text":"Surely."},{"start":7.1,"end":8.16,"text":"I'm in the U.B."},{"start":8.36,"end":15.29,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon calls John Dean to coordinate an immediate in-person meeting in the Executive Office Building following a scheduling delay caused by a prior engagement with Peter Peterson. The brief exchange serves as logistical preparation for a high-stakes discussion regarding the unfolding Watergate investigation. Dean acknowledges the request and agrees to proceed to the President's location immediately.","topics":["Watergate scandal","John Dean","White House logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:34:00.182Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","john-dean","white-house-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-069.mp3","bytes":491520,"durationSec":15.25,"bitrate":257790,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}