{"conversationCode":"031-036","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-036","startDateTime":"1972-10-13T13:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-13T13:44:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:37 AM","endDate":"13-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 9:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-036 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. 31-36\n\nDate: October 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:37 am and 9:44 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 797-1]\n\n        Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["031-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-035","nextCode":"031-037","transcript":[{"start":2.33,"end":3.59,"text":"Ray Price please."},{"start":3.61,"end":4,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with a key member of the President's staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","Speechwriting staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:49:20.591Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","speechwriting-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-036.mp3","bytes":203127,"durationSec":8.39,"bitrate":193761,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.099Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}