{"conversationCode":"031-105","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":105,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-105","startDateTime":"1972-10-17T22:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T22:26:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1972","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1972","endTime":"6:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-105 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. 31-105\n\nDate: October 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 802-2]\n\n        Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["031-105.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-104","nextCode":"031-106","transcript":[{"start":8.2,"end":9.62,"text":"Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":9.64,"end":9.82,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Thelma C. (\"Pat\") Nixon. The call served as an administrative directive to establish communication with his wife. No further substantive policy matters or political developments were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","First Lady","Personal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:55:41.298Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","first-lady","personal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-105.mp3","bytes":353592,"durationSec":14.67,"bitrate":192868,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-105.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-105","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-105","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}