{"conversationCode":"031-064","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":64,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-064","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T19:25:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:35 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:25 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 2:35 pm and 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-064 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. 31-64\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 3:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 367-10F]\n\n        Request for a call to Frank E. Fitzsimmons","filename":["031-064.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-063","nextCode":"031-065","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":11.46,"text":"May Mr. Frank Fitzsimmons, who is the head of the union, please?"},{"start":11.48,"end":13.48,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Frank E. Fitzsimmons, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. This brief administrative exchange served solely to initiate official communication between the President and the labor leader. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Frank E. Fitzsimmons","Labor relations","International Brotherhood of Teamsters","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:51:53.829Z"},"topicSlugs":["frank-e-fitzsimmons","labor-relations","international-brotherhood-of-teamsters","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-064.mp3","bytes":440110,"durationSec":18.28,"bitrate":192608,"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/031-064.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-064","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-064","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}