{"conversationCode":"031-134","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":134,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-134","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:57:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:55 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Thurmond, Strom;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Strom Thurmond talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-134 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. 31-134\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: 7:55 pm - 7:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Strom Thurmond.\n\n[See Conversation No. 369-30]\n\n        Thurmond\n            -Birth of son\n            -Forthcoming election\n                 -Thurmond's support for the President's administration\n            -Birth of son\n                 -Nancy Thurmond\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 35s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["031-134.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Thurmond, Strom"],"prevCode":"031-133","nextCode":"031-135","transcript":[{"start":0.98,"end":1.38,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.52,"end":2.54,"text":"Senator Thurmond, sir."},{"start":3.9,"end":4.86,"text":"Preston's on the line."},{"start":5.4,"end":5.56,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":6.14,"end":6.34,"text":"Uh, hello?"},{"start":7.24,"end":8.12,"text":"Congratulations."},{"start":8.58,"end":9.8,"text":"Well, thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":9.82,"end":15.39,"text":"And give my very best to that beautiful wife and that wonderful son you have."},{"start":15.41,"end":26.34,"text":"And, uh, just appreciate through all these times the way that you've stood by us and, uh, kind of, uh, whatever happens this, uh,"},{"start":27.01,"end":30.98,"text":"You can be sure that Strom Thurmond played a great role in it."},{"start":31.62,"end":33.2,"text":"Well, thank you very much."},{"start":33.46,"end":42.85,"text":"And I want to tell you that in all of my meetings over the state, wherever I go, I have taken occasions to praise the magnificent job you're doing."},{"start":43.73,"end":50.32,"text":"Well, Strom, you've helped enormously and I do appreciate it."},{"start":51.36,"end":54.32,"text":"And I just hope everything's going well there at the hospital."},{"start":54.72,"end":55.7,"text":"Right."},{"start":56.63,"end":62.62,"text":"That's right."},{"start":63.18,"end":67.59,"text":"You tell her I weighed nine and a half pounds."},{"start":67.61,"end":69.59,"text":"Okay."},{"start":69.61,"end":72.3,"text":"Those were the days before they found out how to reduce the weight."},{"start":72.6,"end":74.06,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief call to congratulate Senator Strom Thurmond on the birth of his son. The two men also discussed the upcoming presidential election, with Thurmond reaffirming his steadfast public support for the administration. Nixon acknowledged Thurmond’s significant contributions and political efforts throughout the campaign season.","topics":["Strom Thurmond","1972 Presidential Election","Political support","Personal greetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:58:21.874Z"},"topicSlugs":["strom-thurmond","1972-presidential-election","political-support","personal-greetings"],"audioDurationSec":88,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-134.mp3","bytes":2102124,"durationSec":87.53,"bitrate":192121,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.112Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-134.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-134","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-134","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}