{"conversationCode":"031-017","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-017","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:07 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:09 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 2:07 pm and 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-017 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. 31-17\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:07 pm and 2:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See conversation No. 354-24]\n\n        Melvin R. Laird's schedule","filename":["031-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-016","nextCode":"031-018","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":0.96,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.45,"end":3.18,"text":"On the call with Secretary Laird, Mr. President."},{"start":3.2,"end":4.31,"text":"I'm on my way back from downtown."},{"start":4.33,"end":6.22,"text":"I expect him in 10 minutes, so I left work."},{"start":6.24,"end":7.26,"text":"All right, thank you."},{"start":7.28,"end":7.42,"text":"Mm-hmm."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate the arrival of Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The exchange served as a logistical update to ensure the President was prepared to meet with Laird upon his return from downtown. No substantive policy decisions were made during this brief coordination.","topics":["Melvin R. Laird","Scheduling","White House logistics","Defense Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:47:37.443Z"},"topicSlugs":["melvin-r-laird","scheduling","white-house-logistics","defense-department"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-017.mp3","bytes":313468,"durationSec":13,"bitrate":192903,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}