{"conversationCode":"015-031","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-031","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T17:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T17:46:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:42 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-031 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. 15-31\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:42 pm and 12:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 294-13]\n\n     Request for a call to Peter M. Flanigan","filename":["015-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:36:09","tapeEnd":"00:36:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-030","nextCode":"015-032","transcript":[{"start":2.51,"end":2.82,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.84,"end":3.61,"text":"Flanagan, please."},{"start":3.63,"end":4.1,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with presidential advisor Peter M. Flanigan. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to facilitate further internal communication. The conversation concludes with the operator acknowledging the directive to place the outgoing call.","topics":["Peter M. Flanigan","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:13:54.541Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-m-flanigan","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-031.mp3","bytes":157360,"durationSec":6.49,"bitrate":193930,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}