{"conversationCode":"031-059","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-059","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:27:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:23 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:27 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 2:23 pm and 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-059 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. 31-59\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:23 pm and 2:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 367-9]\n\n        Request for calls\n           -John A. Mulcahy\n\n             -W. Clement Stone","filename":["031-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-058","nextCode":"031-060","transcript":[{"start":1.57,"end":8.14,"text":"Get me Mr. John Mulkey, please, in New York."},{"start":9.08,"end":9.54,"text":"Mulkey."},{"start":9.94,"end":10.3,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":10.32,"end":11.93,"text":"And also another call."},{"start":11.95,"end":17.32,"text":"You can just get these as I... You get the Mr. Clem Stone in Chicago, please."},{"start":17.34,"end":18.08,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":18.1,"end":18.42,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":19.12,"end":19.42,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place two separate outgoing calls to his political associates. Specifically, the President requested to speak with John A. Mulcahy in New York and W. Clement Stone in Chicago. These calls reflect the President's ongoing communication with key supporters during the 1972 election cycle.","topics":["John A. Mulcahy","W. Clement Stone","1972 Election","Presidential Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:51:27.000Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-a-mulcahy","w-clement-stone","1972-election","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-059.mp3","bytes":583679,"durationSec":24.27,"bitrate":192421,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}