{"conversationCode":"031-071","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":71,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-071","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:51:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:49 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Fast, William M.;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Fast talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-071 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. 31-71\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 4:49 pm - 4:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with William M. Fast.\n\n[See Conversation No. 799-32]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1m 26s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n        Foreign trade\n            -US-Soviet Union wheat deal\n                 -Effect on maritime industry\n                 -The President’s view\n                 -Possible effect on employment in the US","filename":["031-071.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Fast, William M."],"prevCode":"031-070","nextCode":"031-072","transcript":[{"start":3.74,"end":4.17,"text":"You are..."},{"start":14.43,"end":16.31,"text":"And thanks for that wheat deal, too."},{"start":16.33,"end":18.91,"text":"This has really helped us, not only, but all of our time."},{"start":19.59,"end":24.9,"text":"Yeah, that we made, I signed up with, we worked that out with the Russians just last week."},{"start":24.92,"end":27.14,"text":"But let's hope it means a few jobs."},{"start":27.96,"end":28.16,"text":"Sir."},{"start":28.34,"end":28.64,"text":"Right."},{"start":28.84,"end":29.49,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":29.53,"end":30.85,"text":"I don't know what to say."},{"start":31.47,"end":33.57,"text":"Well, thank you, and good luck to you."},{"start":33.81,"end":34.17,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":34.31,"end":34.43,"text":"Bye."},{"start":35.05,"end":35.13,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon spoke with William M. Fast regarding the recent grain agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Fast expressed his gratitude for the deal, noting its positive impact on the maritime industry. The President emphasized his hope that the arrangement would stimulate domestic employment through increased trade activity.","topics":["US-Soviet relations","Wheat deal","Maritime industry","Employment","Foreign trade"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:52:31.821Z"},"topicSlugs":["us-soviet-relations","wheat-deal","maritime-industry","employment","foreign-trade"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-071.mp3","bytes":931630,"durationSec":38.75,"bitrate":192353,"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/031-071.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-071","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-071","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}