{"conversationCode":"031-004","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-004","startDateTime":"1972-10-05T22:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-05T23:50:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1972","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"5-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-004 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. 31-4\n\nDate: October 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["031-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-003","nextCode":"031-005","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":4.41,"text":"Mr. Zegler, please."},{"start":4.47,"end":5.47,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation served as a brief administrative request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this short bridge to the intended party.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:46:25.741Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-004.mp3","bytes":256417,"durationSec":10.61,"bitrate":193279,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}