{"conversationCode":"031-088","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-088","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T23:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:59 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:00 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 7:59 pm and 8:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-088 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. 31-88\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Forthcoming telephone calls\n            -The President’s instructions","filename":["031-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-087","nextCode":"031-089","transcript":[{"start":4.27,"end":7.11,"text":"Operator, I'll try those calls in about 15 minutes."},{"start":7.12,"end":8.03,"text":"In about 15 minutes?"},{"start":8.05,"end":8.7,"text":"I'll call you back."},{"start":8.76,"end":9.54,"text":"Your call."},{"start":9.56,"end":9.92,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to delay placing a series of scheduled telephone calls. He requested that the operator remain on standby, stating that he would reconnect in approximately 15 minutes to proceed with the communications. This brief exchange served to coordinate the President's evening call schedule.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","scheduling","telephone protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:54:06.032Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","scheduling","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-088.mp3","bytes":350457,"durationSec":14.53,"bitrate":192912,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}