{"conversationCode":"031-010","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-010","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T16:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T16:30:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-010 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. 31-10\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President conferred with an unknown person.\n\n         The President's schedule\n\n[End of conferral]\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at 12:30 pm.\n\n[See Conversation No. 354-14]\n\n        Charles W. Colson\n            -The President’s request for a meeting","filename":["031-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-009","nextCode":"031-011","transcript":[{"start":1.13,"end":4.1,"text":"Sorry."},{"start":7.46,"end":13.08,"text":"Could we have Mr. Coulson come in, please?"},{"start":13.1,"end":13.78,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":13.84,"end":14.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served to coordinate the President's schedule regarding the urgent attendance of his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Administrative communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:46:59.903Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","administrative-communication"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-010.mp3","bytes":465814,"durationSec":19.35,"bitrate":192617,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.096Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}