{"conversationCode":"038-080","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":80,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-080","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T01:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T01:58:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:45 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:58 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 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-080 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. 38-80\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Henry E. Petersen","filename":["038-080.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-078","nextCode":"038-081","transcript":[{"start":2.73,"end":12.15,"text":"Mr. Peterson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. This administrative contact serves as the precursor to a high-level discussion regarding the ongoing Watergate investigation. The primary objective is to facilitate direct communication between the President and the official overseeing the Department of Justice's criminal inquiry.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","Watergate investigation","Department of Justice","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:34:54.565Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","watergate-investigation","department-of-justice","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-080.mp3","bytes":391168,"durationSec":12.12,"bitrate":258196,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-080.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-080","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-080","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}