{"conversationCode":"038-128","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":128,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-128","startDateTime":"1973-04-20T16:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-20T16:32:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:23 AM","endDate":"20-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-128 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. 38-128\n\nDate: April 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:23 am and 11:32 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 903-8]\n\n     Telephone call to Henry E. Petersen","filename":["038-128.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-127","nextCode":"038-129","transcript":[{"start":1.94,"end":4.14,"text":"Sir, Henry Peterson, please."},{"start":4.47,"end":5.4,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to be connected with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. The brief exchange serves as a procedural request to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and Petersen. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial operator interaction.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","Executive communications","Telephone protocol","Department of Justice"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:39:22.641Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","executive-communications","telephone-protocol","department-of-justice"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-128.mp3","bytes":374784,"durationSec":11.61,"bitrate":258174,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-128.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-128","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-128","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}