{"conversationCode":"031-062","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":62,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-062","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:31:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:31 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 at 2:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-062 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. 31-62\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 2:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See conversation No. 367-10C]\n\n        Status of call to John A. Mulcahy\n            -Mulcahy's schedule\n            -Call back instructions","filename":["031-062.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-061","nextCode":"031-063","transcript":[{"start":5.42,"end":9.92,"text":"He's airborne at the moment, and he's expected back at his residence at 7.30 tonight."},{"start":10.46,"end":11.34,"text":"Can I leave word there?"},{"start":11.53,"end":11.79,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.07,"end":12.59,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone call to John A. Mulcahy. Upon learning that Mulcahy was currently in transit, the President instructed the operator to leave a message at his residence. The interaction served as a logistical coordination effort to ensure a follow-up conversation between the two men later that evening.","topics":["John A. Mulcahy","Communication logistics","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:51:42.570Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-a-mulcahy","communication-logistics","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-062.mp3","bytes":448260,"durationSec":18.6,"bitrate":192800,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-062.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-062","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-062","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}