{"conversationCode":"031-082","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-082","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T23:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T23:19:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:19 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:19 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 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-082 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. 31-82\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 7:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n\n        Return call from Stephen B. Bull","filename":["031-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-081","nextCode":"031-083","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":4.35,"text":"Could you try Dr. Billy Graham, please?"},{"start":4.57,"end":8.03,"text":"Yes, and Mr. Steve Bull returns your call, Mr. President."},{"start":8.05,"end":8.93,"text":"No, I don't need him."},{"start":9.07,"end":11.1,"text":"I got it from somebody else."},{"start":11.14,"end":11.34,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a call to Reverend Billy Graham. During the brief interaction, the President also declined an offer to speak with Stephen B. Bull, noting that he had already received the information he required from another source. This exchange served purely as a logistical coordination of the President's personal and professional communications.","topics":["Billy Graham","Stephen B. Bull","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:53:33.471Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","stephen-b-bull","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-082.mp3","bytes":405001,"durationSec":16.8,"bitrate":192857,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}