{"conversationCode":"031-050","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-050","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 031-050 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. 31-50\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:33 am and 10:12 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 799-9B]\n\n        Request for a call for Henry A. Kissinger\n           -Melvin R. Laird\n           -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.","filename":["031-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-049","nextCode":"031-051","transcript":[{"start":1.08,"end":2.85,"text":"Right here."},{"start":2.87,"end":3.35,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.51,"end":5.72,"text":"Get Laird or Abrams."},{"start":6.32,"end":7.99,"text":"General Abrams, present Dr. Kissinger."},{"start":8.51,"end":10.18,"text":"General Abrams, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a conference call involving National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. The primary objective was to establish direct communication between these key officials regarding ongoing military or diplomatic matters. The operator successfully initiated the connection to ensure the President could consult with these figures simultaneously.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Melvin Laird","Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.","National Security","White House Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:50:37.849Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","melvin-laird","creighton-w-abrams-jr","national-security","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-050.mp3","bytes":447006,"durationSec":18.56,"bitrate":192675,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}