Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-148

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John D. Ehrlichman

Wednesday, April 25, 1973 · 6:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation038-148 on Tape 38StartWednesday, April 25, 1973 at 6:52 PMEndWednesday, April 25, 1973 at 6:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-148 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with John D. Ehrlichman. The President requested that the operator contact him again once Ehrlichman returned home. This administrative exchange facilitated an urgent communication between the President and his top domestic policy advisor during the height of the Watergate investigation.

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We got Mr. Ehrlichman.
Give me a call when he gets home, please.
All right, fine.

NARA Description

On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-148 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-148

Date: April 25, 1973
Time: 6:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 430-26]

     Telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on April 25, 1973

  • 430-025 6:46 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:46 pm to 6:50 pm.
  • 038-149 6:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 6:57 pm.
  • 430-026 6:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:52 pm.
  • 430-027 6:52 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 6:57 pm.
  • 430-028 6:52 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 6:57 pm.
  • 430-029 6:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 6:57 pm.
  • 038-150 6:57 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:57 pm to 7:14 pm.
  • 430-030 6:57 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:57 pm to 7:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-148, April 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-148 (accessed October 5, 2026).