{"conversationCode":"004-031","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-031","startDateTime":"1971-06-04T18:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-04T18:34:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:33 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 2:33 pm to 2:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-031 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. 4-31\n\nDate: June 4, 1971\nTime: 2:33 pm - 2:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 255-43]\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["004-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:43:16","tapeEnd":"01:43:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"004-030","nextCode":"004-032","transcript":[{"start":4.33,"end":5.01,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.03,"end":6.18,"text":"Mr. Coulson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to connect with Charles W. Colson. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:42:59.948Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-031.mp3","bytes":111467,"durationSec":9.78,"bitrate":91191,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}