{"conversationCode":"038-076","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":76,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-076","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T21:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T01:45:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:55 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 8:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-076 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. 38-76\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 8:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["038-076.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-075","nextCode":"038-077","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.6,"text":"Hold on please."},{"start":4.3,"end":5.57,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with H. R. Haldeman. This brief call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:34:38.685Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-076.mp3","bytes":385024,"durationSec":11.96,"bitrate":257541,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-076.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-076","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-076","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}