{"conversationCode":"031-002","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-002","startDateTime":"1972-10-05T16:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-05T17:35:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"5-Oct-1972","endTime":"1:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On October 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-002 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. 31-2\n\nDate: October 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 364-4A]\n\n        Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nHaldeman conferred with the President and Charles W. Colson at an unknown time between\n12:29 pm and 1:35 pm.\n\n        News story on the President’s properties\n           -Jack N. Anderson\n                -Possible sources\n                    -Secret Service agents\n                    -General Services Administration [GSA]\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n        Ziegler's location\n            -Sans Souci restaurant","filename":["031-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-001","nextCode":"031-003","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":29.45,"text":"No, no, Jack Anderson."},{"start":29.73,"end":32.42,"text":"Anderson got it out of a GSA thing somewhere."},{"start":32.8,"end":32.96,"text":"No."},{"start":34.44,"end":34.62,"text":"No."},{"start":34.7,"end":38.05,"text":"GSA put it out there."},{"start":38.07,"end":38.23,"text":"No."},{"start":38.27,"end":39.93,"text":"Yeah, I forget."},{"start":40.01,"end":42.04,"text":"There was a logical source."},{"start":42.16,"end":44.18,"text":"Okay, forget it."},{"start":44.54,"end":46.73,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, and Charles W. Colson discussed a damaging news story regarding the President's personal properties written by columnist Jack Anderson. The participants attempted to identify the source of the leaked information, specifically speculating whether it originated from the General Services Administration (GSA) or Secret Service agents. While no definitive source was confirmed, the discussion reflects the administration's heightened sensitivity to press leaks and internal security vulnerabilities during the 1972 election cycle.","topics":["Jack Anderson","News leaks","General Services Administration","Presidential properties","H. R. Haldeman","Charles W. Colson"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:46:15.090Z"},"topicSlugs":["jack-anderson","news-leaks","general-services-administration","presidential-properties","h-r-haldeman","charles-w-colson"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-002.mp3","bytes":1240710,"durationSec":51.63,"bitrate":192258,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.094Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}