{"conversationCode":"031-061","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-061","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:30:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:27 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Christian, George E.;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Christian talked on the telephone from 2:27 pm to 2:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-061 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. 31-61\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 2:27 pm - 2:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with George E. Christian.\n\n[See Conversation No. 367-10B]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 2m 6s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["031-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Christian, George E."],"prevCode":"031-060","nextCode":"031-062","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":0.59,"text":"No."},{"start":0.94,"end":1.76,"text":"Mr. George Christian?"},{"start":2.45,"end":2.55,"text":"No."},{"start":3.59,"end":5.06,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":5.08,"end":5.23,"text":"No."},{"start":5.25,"end":5.89,"text":"No, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with George E. Christian, a former press secretary to Lyndon B. Johnson, regarding political strategy and public opinion. The conversation centered on the upcoming presidential election and maneuvering related to the administration's political agenda. The exchange remains limited in scope due to the withdrawal of the majority of the recording for personal reasons.","topics":["1972 Presidential Election","Political Strategy","White House Communications","George E. Christian"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:51:37.380Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-presidential-election","political-strategy","white-house-communications","george-e-christian"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-061.mp3","bytes":474591,"durationSec":19.72,"bitrate":192531,"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/031-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}