{"conversationCode":"031-008","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T14:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T14:10:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:06 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-008 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. 31-8\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:06 am and 10:10 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 793-9A]\n\n        Request for a call to Allan Shivers","filename":["031-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-007","nextCode":"031-009","transcript":[{"start":5.68,"end":10.28,"text":"Would you get me former Governor Alan Shivers of Texas, please?"},{"start":10.5,"end":11.32,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to former Texas Governor Allan Shivers. The conversation is strictly logistical, serving as a brief administrative interaction to facilitate communication between the President and the former governor. No further political or policy matters are discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["Allan Shivers","White House operations","Presidential communication","Texas politics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:46:49.088Z"},"topicSlugs":["allan-shivers","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","texas-politics"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-008.mp3","bytes":391208,"durationSec":16.24,"bitrate":192713,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}