{"conversationCode":"031-049","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-049","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T13:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T14:12:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:33 AM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-049 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. 31-49\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:33 am and 10:12 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 799-9A]\n\n        Barry M. Goldwater's schedule\n            -Possible return call","filename":["031-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-048","nextCode":"031-050","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":3.35,"text":"Mr. President, Senator Goldwater is traveling."},{"start":3.37,"end":4.79,"text":"He's en route to Alabama."},{"start":5.79,"end":8.7,"text":"And they said he'll be traveling all week, and we might be able to reach him."},{"start":9.32,"end":11.59,"text":"If he can call sometime today, it's fine."},{"start":11.61,"end":12.09,"text":"No hurry."},{"start":12.41,"end":12.81,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.95,"end":14.29,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to facilitate a potential follow-up call with Senator Barry Goldwater. The operator reported that Goldwater was currently traveling in Alabama and would be unavailable for the remainder of the week. Nixon instructed that the call could be returned later in the day if possible, noting that there was no urgency regarding the request.","topics":["Barry M. Goldwater","White House operations","Communication logistics","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:50:32.317Z"},"topicSlugs":["barry-m-goldwater","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-049.mp3","bytes":416913,"durationSec":17.31,"bitrate":192717,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}