{"conversationCode":"031-121","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-121","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T18:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T21:43:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"5:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 5:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-121 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. 31-121\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 5:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n         Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["031-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-120","nextCode":"031-122","transcript":[{"start":2.7,"end":7.46,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":18.06,"end":18.46,"text":"You are."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a routine request to the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Pat Nixon. The call serves as a brief logistical communication between the President and the switchboard to facilitate private contact with his spouse. No further policy or administrative matters are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Pat Nixon","Logistics","Personal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:57:09.740Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","pat-nixon","logistics","personal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-121.mp3","bytes":522866,"durationSec":21.73,"bitrate":192466,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}