{"conversationCode":"031-013","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-013","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:05:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:05 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-013 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. 31-13\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: 2:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 354-19]\n\n        Request for a call to William P. Rogers\n\n        Rogers’s location\n           -New York\n           -Return call","filename":["031-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-012","nextCode":"031-014","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":2.53,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.55,"end":3.69,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."},{"start":4.23,"end":5.37,"text":"Mr. President, you want him in New York?"},{"start":5.89,"end":6.64,"text":"Was he in New York?"},{"start":6.68,"end":7.36,"text":"Yes, he is, sir."},{"start":8.28,"end":9.42,"text":"It's convenient, yeah."},{"start":9.46,"end":11.63,"text":"Don't take him out of a dinner or anything."},{"start":11.69,"end":13.27,"text":"Just tell him to call me when he has a break."},{"start":13.53,"end":14.18,"text":"Aye, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers, who was currently in New York. The President emphasized that the call should not interrupt Rogers if he was attending a dinner or other formal engagement. The request was finalized with a direction for the operator to have Rogers return the call at his earliest convenience.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House communications","Scheduling","Diplomatic coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:47:16.054Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-communications","scheduling","diplomatic-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-013.mp3","bytes":450141,"durationSec":18.69,"bitrate":192642,"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/031-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}