{"conversationCode":"031-089","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-089","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 031-089 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. 31-89\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":["031-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-088","nextCode":"031-090","transcript":[{"start":3.56,"end":4.45,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.47,"end":6,"text":"You can start my calls now, please."},{"start":6.17,"end":6.57,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.59,"end":7.05,"text":"We will."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue administrative instructions regarding his schedule. He authorized the operator to begin initiating a series of outgoing telephone calls. This brief communication served to activate the President's evening telecommunications workflow.","topics":["White House operator","Presidential schedule","telecommunications","administrative protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:54:11.520Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","presidential-schedule","telecommunications","administrative-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-089.mp3","bytes":286510,"durationSec":11.88,"bitrate":192936,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.107Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}