{"conversationCode":"031-143","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":143,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-143","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T20:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T20:19:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:19 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 4:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-143 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. 31-143\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: 4:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 370-12]\n\n        Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson","filename":["031-143.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-142","nextCode":"031-144","transcript":[{"start":4.03,"end":6.28,"text":"Mr. Colson, this stuff in the OB office please."},{"start":6.4,"end":7,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate the scheduling of a meeting with Charles W. Colson. The President provides instructions to ensure that specific materials related to the Office of the President are delivered or prepared for this engagement. This interaction serves as a logistical step to coordinate personnel and sensitive documentation within the West Wing.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Scheduling","Logistics","Office of the President"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:59:10.464Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","scheduling","logistics","office-of-the-president"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-143.mp3","bytes":322245,"durationSec":13.36,"bitrate":192961,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-143.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-143","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-143","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}