{"conversationCode":"038-148","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":148,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-148","startDateTime":"1973-04-25T23:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-25T23:52:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1973","startTime":"6:52 PM","endDate":"25-Apr-1973","endTime":"6:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 6:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-148 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. 38-148\n\nDate: April 25, 1973\nTime: 6:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 430-26]\n\n     Telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman\n\f                                              -83-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-148.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-147","nextCode":"038-149","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":4.3,"text":"We got Mr. Ehrlichman."},{"start":4.32,"end":6.11,"text":"Give me a call when he gets home, please."},{"start":6.25,"end":6.83,"text":"All right, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House communication","Watergate investigation","Executive scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:41:08.762Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-communication","watergate-investigation","executive-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-148.mp3","bytes":419840,"durationSec":13.01,"bitrate":258098,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.452Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-148.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-148","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-148","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}