{"conversationCode":"031-123","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":123,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-123","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T21:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T22:16:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:45 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"6:16 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 5:45 pm and 6:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-123 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. 31-123\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\n\n                                        (rev. Oct-06)\n\nTime: Unknown between 5:45 pm and 6:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 369-12]\n\n        Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["031-123.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-122","nextCode":"031-124","transcript":[{"start":4.54,"end":5.59,"text":"Yes, Colson, please."},{"start":5.66,"end":6.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as a logistical step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy matters are discussed, as the interaction is limited to placing the call.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:57:20.596Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-123.mp3","bytes":263313,"durationSec":10.91,"bitrate":193139,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-123.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-123","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-123","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}