{"conversationCode":"038-134","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":134,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-134","startDateTime":"1973-04-25T13:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-25T13:17:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:10 AM","endDate":"25-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:17 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-134 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. 38-134\n\nDate: April 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:10 am and 8:17 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 904-2]\n\n     Telephone call to Henry E. Petersen\n\f                                               -76-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-134.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-133","nextCode":"038-135","transcript":[{"start":0.88,"end":4.98,"text":"Mr. Henry Peterson, please."},{"start":5.06,"end":6.85,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. This interaction serves as the preliminary step for the President to facilitate a direct conversation with the official managing the Watergate investigation. The call concludes immediately after the request for the connection is made.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","Watergate investigation","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:39:55.305Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","watergate-investigation","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-134.mp3","bytes":376832,"durationSec":11.64,"bitrate":258991,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.450Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-134.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-134","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-134","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}