{"conversationCode":"031-046","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-046","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T00:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T00:48:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:28 PM","endDate":"15-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:28 pm and 8:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-046 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. 31-46\n\nDate: October 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:28 pm and 8:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Request for a call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["031-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-045","nextCode":"031-047","transcript":[{"start":3.34,"end":4.28,"text":"Dr. Hardiman, please."},{"start":4.3,"end":5,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a call be placed to H.R. “Bob” Haldeman. The primary purpose of this interaction is to facilitate communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this administrative connection.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:50:15.176Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-046.mp3","bytes":235101,"durationSec":9.73,"bitrate":193233,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}