{"conversationCode":"031-053","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-053","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T15:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T16:45:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:44 AM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:45 PM","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 11:44 am and 12:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-053 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. 31-53\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:44 am and 12:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 799-19B]\n\n        Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox","filename":["031-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-052","nextCode":"031-054","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":3.07,"text":"Are you ready for that movie?"},{"start":3.09,"end":3.23,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.25,"end":3.61,"text":"Patricia, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a personal call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation served as a brief administrative request to facilitate this communication. No policy matters or significant executive decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Tricia Nixon Cox","White House operator","Personal call","Family communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:50:54.534Z"},"topicSlugs":["tricia-nixon-cox","white-house-operator","personal-call","family-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-053.mp3","bytes":221935,"durationSec":9.17,"bitrate":193547,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}