{"conversationCode":"031-048","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-048","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T13:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T13:32:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:32 AM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-048 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. 31-48\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 9:32 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 799-8]\n\n        Request for a call to Barry M. Goldwater","filename":["031-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-047","nextCode":"031-049","transcript":[{"start":1.47,"end":3.02,"text":"Senator Goldwater please."},{"start":3.29,"end":4.24,"text":"Thank you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Barry M. Goldwater. This administrative interaction serves as a brief coordination effort to facilitate a direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Barry M. Goldwater","Presidential communication","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:50:26.735Z"},"topicSlugs":["barry-m-goldwater","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-048.mp3","bytes":197484,"durationSec":8.16,"bitrate":193611,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.101Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}