{"conversationCode":"031-140","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":140,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-140","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T16:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T16:07:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:03 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:07 PM","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 12:03 pm and 12:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-140 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. 31-140\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:03 am and 12:07 pm\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 805-13]\n\n        Request for a call to James E. Johnson","filename":["031-140.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-139","nextCode":"031-141","transcript":[{"start":4.32,"end":11.66,"text":"Would you get me Mr. Johnson, James Johnson, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower, please?"},{"start":11.68,"end":12.58,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":12.64,"end":12.84,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a conversation with James E. Johnson, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower. The President specifically requests that the operator connect him with Johnson to discuss departmental matters. This brief interaction serves as the administrative bridge to establish communication with a key personnel member within the Department of the Navy.","topics":["James E. Johnson","Department of the Navy","Manpower","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:58:54.398Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-e-johnson","department-of-the-navy","manpower","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-140.mp3","bytes":414405,"durationSec":17.21,"bitrate":192597,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.113Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-140.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-140","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-140","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}