{"conversationCode":"031-016","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-016","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:07:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:07 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:07 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 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-016 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. 31-16\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: 2:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 354-23]\n\n        Request for a call to Melvin R. Laird","filename":["031-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-015","nextCode":"031-017","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":2.62,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.78,"end":3.67,"text":"Dr. Larratt, please."},{"start":3.77,"end":4.69,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Melvin Laird","White House operations","Presidential communication","Department of Defense"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:47:32.089Z"},"topicSlugs":["melvin-laird","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","department-of-defense"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-016.mp3","bytes":229458,"durationSec":9.49,"bitrate":193363,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.096Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}