{"conversationCode":"031-060","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":60,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-060","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:27:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:25 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 2:25 pm and 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-060 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. 31-60\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:25 pm and 2:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 367-10A]\n\n        Leonard H. Marks's schedule\n\n        Request for a call to George E. Christian","filename":["031-060.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-059","nextCode":"031-061","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":0.81,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":0.95,"end":4.28,"text":"Mr. Leonard Marks is in Paris, expected back tomorrow evening."},{"start":5.11,"end":9.8,"text":"I'll talk to, let's see, George Christian, please."},{"start":9.88,"end":11,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to George E. Christian. This request followed a brief status update from the operator regarding the travel schedule of Leonard H. Marks, who was currently in Paris. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["George E. Christian","Leonard H. Marks","White House operations","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:51:32.120Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-e-christian","leonard-h-marks","white-house-operations","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-060.mp3","bytes":361115,"durationSec":14.99,"bitrate":192766,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-060.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-060","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-060","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}