{"conversationCode":"030-031","tapeNumber":30,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-030-031","startDateTime":"1972-09-29T04:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-29T22:44:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:00 AM","endDate":"29-Sep-1972","endTime":"6:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 6:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-031 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. 30-31\n\nDate: September 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:00 am and 6:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Edward W. Carter\n             -Madison Hotel","filename":["030-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"030-030","nextCode":"030-032","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":5.78,"text":"Would you try Mr. Edward Carter?"},{"start":5.8,"end":9.15,"text":"I think he's over at the Madison Hotel."},{"start":9.43,"end":10.63,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to businessman Edward W. Carter. Nixon specified that Carter could be reached at the Madison Hotel. The conversation concluded with the operator confirming the request and preparing to initiate the connection.","topics":["Edward W. Carter","Madison Hotel","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:44:08.824Z"},"topicSlugs":["edward-w-carter","madison-hotel","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"030-031.mp3","bytes":355473,"durationSec":14.75,"bitrate":192842,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.808Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/030-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/30/conversation-030-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}