{"conversationCode":"031-133","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":133,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-133","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:30 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:55 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 7:30 pm and 7:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-133 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. 31-133\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:30 pm and 7:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 369-28]\n\n        Request for a call to Strom Thurmond\n           -Location","filename":["031-133.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-132","nextCode":"031-134","transcript":[{"start":4.84,"end":7.05,"text":"Try Senator Strom Thurmond."},{"start":7.07,"end":10.45,"text":"I think he's in South Carolina, but they could reach him there."},{"start":10.89,"end":11.29,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Strom Thurmond. The operator informed the President that the Senator was likely located in South Carolina. The operator subsequently agreed to attempt to reach Thurmond at that location.","topics":["Strom Thurmond","Telephone communications","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:58:16.407Z"},"topicSlugs":["strom-thurmond","telephone-communications","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-133.mp3","bytes":459545,"durationSec":19.09,"bitrate":192546,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-133.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-133","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-133","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}