{"conversationCode":"031-030","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-030","startDateTime":"1972-10-09T23:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-09T23:21:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:09 PM","endDate":"9-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-030 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. 31-30\n\nDate: October 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:09 pm and 7:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n         Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["031-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-029","nextCode":"031-031","transcript":[{"start":3.32,"end":4.38,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":4.4,"end":5.4,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. The brief communication serves strictly as a logistical directive to establish a line of contact with his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters or tactical decisions are discussed during this exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:48:48.079Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-030.mp3","bytes":253282,"durationSec":10.49,"bitrate":193099,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}