{"conversationCode":"031-135","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":135,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-135","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T12:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T13:06:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:04 AM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:06 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:04 am and 9:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-135 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. 31-135\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:04 am and 9:06 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 368-24]\n\n        Request for a call to Gen. Walter R. Tkach\n\n                                          (rev. Oct-06)","filename":["031-135.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-134","nextCode":"031-136","transcript":[{"start":4.64,"end":7.04,"text":"Could you get me Dr. Nikos, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a follow-up call to his personal physician, General Walter R. Tkach. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate communication with his medical staff. No other substantive policy or political topics were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Walter R. Tkach","White House operations","Presidential health","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:58:27.159Z"},"topicSlugs":["walter-r-tkach","white-house-operations","presidential-health","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-135.mp3","bytes":312214,"durationSec":12.93,"bitrate":193122,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-135.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-135","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-135","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}