{"conversationCode":"031-006","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-006","startDateTime":"1972-10-05T23:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-05T23:50:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:48 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 7:48 pm and 7:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-006 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. 31-6\n\nDate: October 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:48 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 Charles W. Colson","filename":["031-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-005","nextCode":"031-007","transcript":[{"start":2.81,"end":5.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. The primary objective of the call was to secure direct communication with the special counsel. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Charles W. Colson","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:46:37.411Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","charles-w-colson","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-006.mp3","bytes":221935,"durationSec":9.17,"bitrate":193547,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}