{"conversationCode":"031-055","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-055","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T16:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:21:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:47 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:21 PM","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 from 12:47 pm to 2:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-055 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. 31-55\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:47 pm and 2:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 367-3]\n\n        Request for a call to Gen. Walter R. Tkach","filename":["031-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-054","nextCode":"031-056","transcript":[{"start":4.25,"end":5.64,"text":"Thank you so much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to General Walter R. Tkach. This administrative request served as the primary purpose of the brief interaction. The call was initiated to establish contact with the President’s physician.","topics":["White House operator","General Walter R. Tkach","Administrative communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:51:04.984Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","general-walter-r-tkach","administrative-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-055.mp3","bytes":215039,"durationSec":8.89,"bitrate":193438,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}