{"conversationCode":"031-015","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-015","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:07:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:06 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:07 PM","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 2:06 pm and 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-015 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. 31-15\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 2:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 354-22]\n\n        William P. Rogers's schedule\n            -Return call\n\n        Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule","filename":["031-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-014","nextCode":"031-016","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.02,"end":2.77,"text":"Mr. President, I called Secretary Rogers."},{"start":2.83,"end":5.06,"text":"He's at lunch and he'll be back in about 45 minutes."},{"start":5.08,"end":5.92,"text":"I left word to call you."},{"start":5.94,"end":9.89,"text":"And on your call to Mrs. Nixon, she's going to pick up the phone momentarily and call you."},{"start":10.31,"end":10.94,"text":"Yes, no worries."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with Secretary of State William P. Rogers and First Lady Pat Nixon. The operator confirmed that Rogers would return the President’s call following his lunch and that Mrs. Nixon was prepared to contact him shortly. These administrative arrangements ensured the President remained reachable for his scheduled private and official correspondence.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Pat Nixon","White House operations","Scheduling","Communications management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:47:26.723Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","pat-nixon","white-house-operations","scheduling","communications-management"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-015.mp3","bytes":514088,"durationSec":21.35,"bitrate":192662,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}