{"conversationCode":"031-086","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":86,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-086","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T23:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T23:41:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:37 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 7:37 pm and 7:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-086 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":"None","filename":["031-086.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-085","nextCode":"031-087","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":3.4,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.42,"end":4.3,"text":"Call some, please."},{"start":4.32,"end":5.56,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5.62,"end":8.73,"text":"And do you want us to start your calls yet?"},{"start":11.01,"end":13.6,"text":"Yeah, right after I finish the Colson call, you go right ahead."},{"start":13.73,"end":15.24,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to initiate a series of scheduled telephone calls immediately following the conclusion of his conversation with Charles Colson. This brief administrative exchange confirms the President's ongoing management of his communications workflow. No substantive policy matters or further action items beyond the coordination of his call log were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["Presidential communications","Charles Colson","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:53:54.946Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","charles-colson","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-086.mp3","bytes":472710,"durationSec":19.63,"bitrate":192680,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-086.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-086","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-086","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}