{"conversationCode":"009-031","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-031","startDateTime":"1971-09-15T23:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-15T23:23:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:11 PM","endDate":"15-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:11 pm and 7:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 9-31\n\nDate: September 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:11 pm and 7:23 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 277-29]\n\n     Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["009-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:12:11","tapeEnd":"01:12:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-030","nextCode":"009-032","transcript":[{"start":4.08,"end":4.57,"text":"Yes please."},{"start":4.59,"end":5.38,"text":"Buchanan please."},{"start":5.58,"end":6.75,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief administrative call serves solely as a bridge to facilitate a subsequent conversation between the President and his advisor. No policy matters or substantive decisions are discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:52:29.851Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-031.mp3","bytes":169272,"durationSec":6.99,"bitrate":193642,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}