{"conversationCode":"031-147","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":147,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-147","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T21:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T21:14:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:10 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"5:14 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 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-147 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. 31-147\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 370-17]\n\n        Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["031-147.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-146","nextCode":"031-148","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.29,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request with the White House operator to be connected to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves solely as a logistical administrative step to facilitate a subsequent discussion with his press secretary. No substantive policy matters or decisions were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Administrative communication","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:59:31.743Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-147.mp3","bytes":211904,"durationSec":8.76,"bitrate":193519,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-147.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-147","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-147","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}