{"conversationCode":"031-131","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":131,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-131","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:28:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:23 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:28 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 7:23 pm and 7:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-131 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. 31-131\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:23 pm and 7:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 369-23]\n\n        Request for a call to Ralph H. Cake\n           -Telephone number\n                -Rose Mary Woods","filename":["031-131.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-130","nextCode":"031-132","transcript":[{"start":1.45,"end":3.92,"text":"Can you give me Mr. Ralph Cake in Oregon, please?"},{"start":3.96,"end":5.98,"text":"Ralph?"},{"start":6.04,"end":6.94,"text":"C-A-K-E, Cake."},{"start":7.11,"end":7.51,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":7.57,"end":9.05,"text":"Rosemary Woods has his number."},{"start":9.37,"end":10.29,"text":"Right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Ralph H. Cake in Oregon. The President provided the spelling of the name and directed the operator to obtain the contact information from his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This interaction served solely as a logistical request to facilitate communication with a private citizen.","topics":["Ralph H. Cake","Rose Mary Woods","White House operations","telephone protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:58:05.244Z"},"topicSlugs":["ralph-h-cake","rose-mary-woods","white-house-operations","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-131.mp3","bytes":347950,"durationSec":14.43,"bitrate":192948,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-131.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-131","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/031/conversation-031-131","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}