{"conversationCode":"031-034","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-034","startDateTime":"1972-10-12T22:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-12T23:05:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1972","startTime":"6:10 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On October 12, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 7:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-034 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. 31-34\n\nDate: October 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 7:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n         Request for a call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["031-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-033","nextCode":"031-035","transcript":[{"start":4.62,"end":5.9,"text":"Mr. Holderman to office."},{"start":6.14,"end":6.77,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry A. Kissinger contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with H.R. Haldeman. The primary objective of the call was to request that the operator locate Haldeman and connect him to Kissinger's office. This brief administrative interaction underscores the standard protocol Kissinger utilized to coordinate with key White House staff during the administration.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:49:09.812Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-034.mp3","bytes":282121,"durationSec":11.69,"bitrate":193013,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}