{"conversationCode":"031-066","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":66,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-066","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T19:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T19:58:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"3:58 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:58 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 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-066 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. 31-66\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 3:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 799-21]\n\n        Request for a call to Robert W. Galvin","filename":["031-066.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-065","nextCode":"031-067","transcript":[{"start":4.28,"end":4.7,"text":"Please."},{"start":5,"end":12.34,"text":"Could you get me Mr. Robert Galvin of Motorola Company in Franklin Park, Illinois?"},{"start":12.92,"end":14.31,"text":"Franklin Park, Illinois."},{"start":14.57,"end":15.23,"text":"What company?"},{"start":15.59,"end":16.15,"text":"Motorola."},{"start":16.43,"end":16.99,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":17.01,"end":17.45,"text":"Motorola."},{"start":17.51,"end":18.26,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":18.3,"end":19.98,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Robert W. Galvin, the head of Motorola. The primary purpose of this interaction was to facilitate communication between the President and the corporate executive. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request.","topics":["Robert W. Galvin","Motorola","Executive communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:52:04.744Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-w-galvin","motorola","executive-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-066.mp3","bytes":556093,"durationSec":23.11,"bitrate":192530,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-066.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-066","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-066","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}