{"conversationCode":"038-093","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":93,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-093","startDateTime":"1973-04-18T05:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-18T05:05:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1973","startTime":"12:04 AM","endDate":"18-Apr-1973","endTime":"12:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:04 am and 12:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-093 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. 38-93\n\nDate: April 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:04 am and 12:05 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\f                                             -54-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-093.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-092","nextCode":"038-094","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":5.8,"text":"All the way, Mr. Haldeman, please."},{"start":5.82,"end":6.34,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This call serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top aide during the ongoing investigations into the Watergate scandal. The exchange establishes an immediate line of communication for the President's urgent briefing requirements.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Watergate scandal"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:36:08.607Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","watergate-scandal"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-093.mp3","bytes":450560,"durationSec":13.97,"bitrate":257954,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.446Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-093.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-093","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-093","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}