{"conversationCode":"031-090","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":90,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-090","startDateTime":"1972-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T00:01:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:00 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scumaci, Frank;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Frank Scumaci talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-090 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. 31-90\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 8:00 pm - 8:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Francis Scumaci.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1m 44s ]\n\nTHE PRESIDENT TALKED WITH ROSS SCUMACI AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BETWEEN\n8:00 AND 8:01 PM.\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["031-090.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scumaci, Frank"],"prevCode":"031-089","nextCode":"031-091","transcript":[{"start":1.01,"end":3.3,"text":"Mr. Samisi?"},{"start":6.44,"end":6.72,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7.42,"end":8.89,"text":"Mr. President?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call to Frank Scumaci to establish contact. The exchange was limited to verifying the identity of the participants and greetings. No substantive policy matters or official developments were discussed before the connection concluded.","topics":["Communication","White House operations","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:54:16.690Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication","white-house-operations","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-090.mp3","bytes":514088,"durationSec":21.35,"bitrate":192662,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-090.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-090","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}