{"conversationCode":"031-074","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-074","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T21:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T21:03:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:01 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"5:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Miller, Paul;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller talked on the telephone from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-074 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. 31-74\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 5:01 pm - 5:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Paul Miller.\n\n[See Conversation Nos. 799-36 and 800-1]\n\n        Miller's schedule\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1m 36s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["031-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Miller, Paul"],"prevCode":"031-073","nextCode":"031-075","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":0.96,"text":"Hello."},{"start":0.98,"end":2.3,"text":"I have Paul Miller ready."},{"start":2.7,"end":3.33,"text":"Okay."},{"start":6.11,"end":7.43,"text":"See you later."},{"start":7.45,"end":7.99,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.01,"end":8.29,"text":"Hello."},{"start":9.21,"end":9.71,"text":"Paul?"},{"start":9.73,"end":10.28,"text":"I don't."},{"start":10.29,"end":11.32,"text":"Why aren't you playing golf?"},{"start":11.7,"end":13.5,"text":"Well, I just returned from playing golf."},{"start":13.7,"end":14.9,"text":"My God, honey, when it's cold."},{"start":14.92,"end":15.62,"text":"Well, I..."},{"start":15.64,"end":17.52,"text":"I was at Augusta."},{"start":17.55,"end":18.73,"text":"Oh, are you at Augusta now?"},{"start":18.75,"end":20.49,"text":"No, I'm in New York for a keyboard."},{"start":20.51,"end":21.61,"text":"I just came up last night."},{"start":21.71,"end":22.97,"text":"I'll be down there for the weekend."},{"start":22.99,"end":23.29,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":23.31,"end":24.8,"text":"It's a tough life you lead, you know."},{"start":24.89,"end":25.86,"text":"Wonderful to hear from you."},{"start":25.88,"end":27.12,"text":"One of the press lords."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with media executive Paul Miller to exchange pleasantries regarding their recent schedules. The discussion focused on Miller's recent trip to Augusta and his current presence in New York. No substantive policy matters or official business were addressed during this short social check-in.","topics":["Social call","Paul Miller","Media executives","Informal communication","Augusta"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:52:48.110Z"},"topicSlugs":["social-call","paul-miller","media-executives","informal-communication","augusta"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-074.mp3","bytes":1016266,"durationSec":42.27,"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/031-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}