{"conversationCode":"038-140","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":140,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-140","startDateTime":"1973-04-25T16:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-25T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:06 AM","endDate":"25-Apr-1973","endTime":"1:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 25, 1973, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 1:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-140 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. 38-140\n\nDate: April 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:06 am and 1:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. The President and John D.\nEhrlichman can be heard in the background.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 430-4D]\n\n     Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                            -79-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-140.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D.","[Unknown person(s)]","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"038-139","nextCode":"038-141","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":15.37,"text":"I've also cataloged month by month the issues the viewer calls in."},{"start":15.39,"end":25.3,"text":"The heavy issues on the domestic side."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman, President Nixon, and John Ehrlichman coordinate a call to Stephen B. Bull regarding the tracking of public concerns. The conversation focuses on systematically categorizing incoming inquiries from viewers to better analyze the most prominent domestic policy issues. This initiative reflects the administration's effort to monitor and quantify public sentiment on major national topics during a period of significant political pressure.","topics":["Public opinion","Domestic policy","H. R. Haldeman","John Ehrlichman","Data analysis"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:40:29.528Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-opinion","domestic-policy","h-r-haldeman","john-ehrlichman","data-analysis"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-140.mp3","bytes":811008,"durationSec":25.25,"bitrate":256919,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.451Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-140.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-140","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-140","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}