{"conversationCode":"038-096","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":96,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-096","startDateTime":"1973-04-18T17:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-18T17:20:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1973","startTime":"12:20 PM","endDate":"18-Apr-1973","endTime":"12:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 12:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-096 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. 38-96\n\nDate: April 18, 1973\nTime: 12:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Spiro T. Agnew\n\f                                             -56-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-096.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-095","nextCode":"038-097","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":6.69,"text":"Yes please."},{"start":7.17,"end":7.38,"text":"Please."},{"start":7.39,"end":15.41,"text":"Vice President please."},{"start":15.43,"end":15.63,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a phone call to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew through the White House operator. The conversation is strictly procedural, serving as an administrative request to connect the President with his Vice President for a private discussion. No policy matters or substantive political topics are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Spiro T. Agnew","White House operations","Presidential communication","Executive branch"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:36:25.987Z"},"topicSlugs":["spiro-t-agnew","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","executive-branch"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-096.mp3","bytes":501760,"durationSec":15.59,"bitrate":257532,"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/038-096.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-096","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-096","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}