{"conversationCode":"031-097","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":97,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-097","startDateTime":"1972-10-17T00:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T01:42:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:36 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:42 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 8:36 pm and 9:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-097 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. 31-97\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:36 pm and 9:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n        Status of calls to Fred Gualtieri and Ralph Marrinson\n\n        The President's appreciation for work of telephone operators","filename":["031-097.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-096","nextCode":"031-098","transcript":[{"start":2.34,"end":2.88,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.9,"end":7.47,"text":"Mr. Kirsten, Mr. Fred Gualtieri is on a hunting trip in Wyoming."},{"start":7.49,"end":8.33,"text":"Oh, that's right."},{"start":8.35,"end":9.19,"text":"Don't call that Mary."},{"start":9.21,"end":13.3,"text":"And then Mr. Ralph Marinson is at a nursing convention."},{"start":13.36,"end":14.14,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":14.16,"end":16.06,"text":"We'll call it left tomorrow, perhaps."},{"start":16.08,"end":16.94,"text":"Call it tomorrow."},{"start":16.96,"end":17.48,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":17.86,"end":18,"text":"Good."},{"start":18.34,"end":19.92,"text":"And I think that's about all we have."},{"start":20,"end":20.66,"text":"That's all."},{"start":20.7,"end":22.47,"text":"And I think that took care of all of them."},{"start":22.49,"end":23.19,"text":"Fine job."},{"start":23.29,"end":23.63,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":23.67,"end":24.93,"text":"Thank the other girls, too, will you?"},{"start":24.97,"end":25.91,"text":"Thank you, Mr. Kirsten."},{"start":26.03,"end":26.29,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding the status of pending calls to Fred Gualtieri and Ralph Marrinson, learning that both individuals were currently unavailable. The President authorized the operator to postpone these attempts until the following day. Additionally, Nixon used the opportunity to express his personal appreciation to the operator for the hard work performed by the entire telephone staff.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Staff appreciation","Telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:54:56.663Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","staff-appreciation","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-097.mp3","bytes":905298,"durationSec":37.65,"bitrate":192343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.108Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-097.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-097","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-097","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}