{"conversationCode":"038-116","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-116","startDateTime":"1973-04-19T20:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-19T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1973","startTime":"3:38 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:38 pm and 5:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-116 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. 38-116\n\nDate: April 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:38 pm and 5:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman\n\f                                             -67-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-115","nextCode":"038-117","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":10.26,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange serves as the administrative bridge to connect the President with his Assistant for Domestic Affairs during the height of the Watergate investigation. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the interaction is limited to the mechanics of facilitating the communication.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Communication","Watergate"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:38:17.106Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","communication","watergate"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-116.mp3","bytes":329728,"durationSec":10.21,"bitrate":258272,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.448Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}