{"conversationCode":"031-023","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-023","startDateTime":"1972-10-09T01:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-09T02:18:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:57 PM","endDate":"8-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:57 pm and 10:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-023 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. 31-23\n\nDate: October 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:57 pm and 10:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Request for a call to George E. Allen.","filename":["031-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-022","nextCode":"031-024","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":4.93,"text":"Could you give me Mr. George Allen of the Washington Redskins, please?"},{"start":4.95,"end":6.06,"text":"Yes, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection to George E. Allen, the head coach of the Washington Redskins. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Allen. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief communication.","topics":["George E. Allen","Washington Redskins","Presidential communications","Sports"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:48:10.393Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-e-allen","washington-redskins","presidential-communications","sports"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-023.mp3","bytes":257670,"durationSec":10.67,"bitrate":193252,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}