{"conversationCode":"028-031","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-031","startDateTime":"1972-08-01T18:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-01T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Aug-1972","startTime":"2:40 PM","endDate":"1-Aug-1972","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 28-31\n\nDate: August 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 351-15]\n\n     Request for a call to William E. Timmons","filename":["028-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-030","nextCode":"028-032","transcript":[{"start":6.63,"end":7.31,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to place a call to William E. Timmons, who served as the Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. This action was a routine administrative step to reach a key member of the White House staff.","topics":["White House operations","William E. Timmons","Presidential communications","Legislative affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:32:13.954Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","william-e-timmons","presidential-communications","legislative-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-031.mp3","bytes":116224,"durationSec":7.26,"bitrate":128035,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.083Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}