{"conversationCode":"031-104","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-104","startDateTime":"1972-10-17T15:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T15:34:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:33 AM","endDate":"17-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Boggs, Corrine (Clairborne) (Lindy);","description":"On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Corrine (\"Lindy\") (Clairborne) Boggs talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-104 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. 31-104\n\nDate: October 17, 1972\nTime: 11:33 am - 11:34 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Corinne (Claiborne) (“Lindy”) Boggs.\n\n[See Conversation No. 801-16C]\n\n        Missing plane\n            -[Thomas] Hale Boggs\n                -The President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n                -Rescue efforts\n                -Boggs's children and grandchildren","filename":["031-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Boggs, Corrine (Clairborne) (Lindy)"],"prevCode":"031-103","nextCode":"031-105","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.16,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.32,"end":1.92,"text":"Mrs. Marks?"},{"start":2.56,"end":3.18,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":3.82,"end":15.89,"text":"I know this is a very hard time for you and your family, but I wanted you to know that Mrs. Licks and I are thinking about you, and we're just praying that out in that snow, they're going to find him walking around up there."},{"start":15.97,"end":17.11,"text":"Oh, thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":17.55,"end":17.93,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":17.95,"end":19.37,"text":"It's so nice of you all."},{"start":19.45,"end":22,"text":"Well, we're, as you know, doing everything we can."},{"start":22.02,"end":22.78,"text":"I know you are."},{"start":22.8,"end":26.78,"text":"The government said not that we can do it, but every search plane is out."},{"start":26.86,"end":27.64,"text":"Oh, I know."},{"start":27.78,"end":30.34,"text":"It's just been really good."},{"start":30.32,"end":32.29,"text":"But you just keep your faith."},{"start":32.41,"end":32.75,"text":"Okay."},{"start":32.95,"end":33.65,"text":"I will, Doc."},{"start":33.67,"end":36.42,"text":"And you have my best of those wonderful children."},{"start":36.69,"end":37.41,"text":"Oh, thank you."},{"start":37.55,"end":38.33,"text":"Grandchildren, too."},{"start":38.35,"end":38.85,"text":"Okay."},{"start":38.99,"end":40,"text":"Please give my love to Pat."},{"start":40.22,"end":40.88,"text":"Okay."},{"start":41.02,"end":42.2,"text":"Thank you very much, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called Lindy Boggs to offer his personal condolences and support following the disappearance of her husband, Representative Hale Boggs, whose plane had gone missing. The President assured Boggs that the federal government was fully committed to the ongoing search efforts and encouraged the family to maintain their faith. This brief exchange served as a gesture of comfort from the President and First Lady to the Boggs family during their crisis.","topics":["Hale Boggs","Search and rescue","Nixon administration","Congressional relations","Personal support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:55:35.839Z"},"topicSlugs":["hale-boggs","search-and-rescue","nixon-administration","congressional-relations","personal-support"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-104.mp3","bytes":1133504,"durationSec":47.16,"bitrate":192282,"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/031-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}