{"conversationCode":"038-121","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-121","startDateTime":"1973-04-19T22:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-19T22:48:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:45 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:48 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 5:45 pm and 5:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-121 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. 38-121\n\nDate: April 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:45 pm and 5:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["038-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-120","nextCode":"038-122","transcript":[{"start":1.43,"end":5.47,"text":"Yes, Mr. Craig."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to his domestic affairs advisor, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative bridge to initiate communication with a key staff member during the Watergate crisis. No further substance was recorded beyond the initiation of this connection.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Administrative communication","Watergate era"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:38:44.964Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","watergate-era"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-121.mp3","bytes":354304,"durationSec":10.99,"bitrate":257988,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}