{"conversationCode":"031-101","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-101","startDateTime":"1972-10-17T15:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T15:24:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:24 AM","endDate":"17-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:24 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-101 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. 31-101\n\nDate: October 17, 1972\nTime: 11:24 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 801-11]\n\n        Request for a meeting with John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["031-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-100","nextCode":"031-102","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":5.79,"text":"See if Ehrlichman is free and to come down, please."},{"start":5.81,"end":6.6,"text":"All right, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to contact John D. Ehrlichman to request an immediate meeting. The primary objective is to bring Ehrlichman to the Oval Office for a consultation. No further substantive matters are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","scheduling","White House operations","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:55:18.533Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-101.mp3","bytes":253909,"durationSec":10.52,"bitrate":193086,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}