{"conversationCode":"031-069","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-069","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:45:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:45 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:45 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 4:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-069 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. 31-69\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 4:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 799-28]\n\n        Request for a call to John F. Collins\n           -Charles W. Colson","filename":["031-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-068","nextCode":"031-070","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":6.82,"text":"Would you get me former Mayor John Collins of Boston?"},{"start":7.06,"end":7.42,"text":"Yes."},{"start":7.53,"end":9.19,"text":"Mr. Colson has his number, if you'd like."},{"start":9.21,"end":9.82,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.84,"end":10.06,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to former Boston Mayor John F. Collins. The President notes that Charles W. Colson possesses the necessary contact information for the former mayor. This exchange serves as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and Collins.","topics":["John F. Collins","Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Boston politics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:52:21.200Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-f-collins","charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","boston-politics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-069.mp3","bytes":344815,"durationSec":14.29,"bitrate":192993,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}