{"conversationCode":"003-031","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-031","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T21:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"5:37 PM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"5:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:37 pm and 5:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 003-031\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:37 pm and 5:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 499-002/498-001D]\n\n     Call to John B. Connally\n","filename":["003-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:32:40","tapeEnd":"00:32:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-030","nextCode":"003-032","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.85,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.56,"end":2.75,"text":"Connolly."},{"start":2.77,"end":2.97,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent high-level policy consultation between the President and his Treasury Secretary. The call functioned solely as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the two officials.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Executive communication","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:23:27.314Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","executive-communication","administration"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-031.mp3","bytes":37062,"durationSec":3,"bitrate":98853,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.594Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/003/conversation-003-031","catalogNaId":417188309,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417188309","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}