{"conversationCode":"031-125","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":125,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-125","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T22:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:00:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:00 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 6:51 pm and 7:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-125 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. 31-125\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 7:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 369-15]\n\n        Request for a call to Goldthwaite H. Dorr\n           -Location","filename":["031-125.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-124","nextCode":"031-126","transcript":[{"start":4.4,"end":8.57,"text":"Could you drive Mr. Doerr, D-O-E-R, in New York City, please?"},{"start":9.44,"end":11.32,"text":"Gold White Doerr."},{"start":11.34,"end":12.69,"text":"Gold White Doerr."},{"start":12.71,"end":13.85,"text":"Yes, he's on your list."},{"start":14.01,"end":14.89,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":14.91,"end":15.39,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":15.41,"end":15.79,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Goldthwaite H. Dorr in New York City. The President provided spelling clarification for the name to ensure the operator could locate the individual in the directory. The conversation served as a brief administrative directive to initiate this specific outreach.","topics":["Presidential communications","White House operations","Goldthwaite H. Dorr","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:57:32.066Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","white-house-operations","goldthwaite-h-dorr","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-125.mp3","bytes":479607,"durationSec":19.91,"bitrate":192742,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-125.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-125","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}