{"conversationCode":"031-040","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-040","startDateTime":"1972-10-13T23:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-13T23:14:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:08 PM","endDate":"13-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 7:08 pm to 7:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-040 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. 31-40\n\nDate: October 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:08 pm and 7:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n         Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["031-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-039","nextCode":"031-041","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":3.02,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":3.26,"end":4.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a call to his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief communication served solely to facilitate this connection between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters or further decisions were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Executive procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:49:41.782Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","executive-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-040.mp3","bytes":206261,"durationSec":8.53,"bitrate":193369,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.100Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}