{"conversationCode":"031-113","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-113","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T11:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T11:41:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:41 AM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:41 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:41 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-113 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. 31-113\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: 7:41 am\n\n                                        (rev. Oct-06)\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 369-3]\n\n        Request for a call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["031-113.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-112","nextCode":"031-114","transcript":[{"start":4.82,"end":8.42,"text":"Then as Mr. Haldeman gets into his office, would you have him give me a call, please?"},{"start":8.44,"end":9.53,"text":"I certainly will, sir."},{"start":9.55,"end":10.89,"text":"Not until he gets us to his office."},{"start":11.01,"end":11.49,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":11.88,"end":12.32,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact H.R. Haldeman regarding a conversation. The President specified that the call should only be placed once Haldeman arrived at his office. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate a direct communication line with his Chief of Staff.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:56:24.480Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-113.mp3","bytes":391208,"durationSec":16.24,"bitrate":192713,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-113.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-113","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-113","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}