{"conversationCode":"031-149","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":149,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-149","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T21:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T22:00:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:14 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"6:00 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 5:14 pm and 6:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-149 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. 31-149\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:14 pm and 6:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 370-20]\n\n        Status of the President's call to Tricia Nixon Cox","filename":["031-149.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-148","nextCode":"031-150","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":4.19,"text":"Mr. President, Dr. Trusher is in a room, I guess, but she's not picking up the telephone."},{"start":4.21,"end":5.8,"text":"Should I have somebody go in to her?"},{"start":6.84,"end":9.21,"text":"Would you like me to just keep... No, I am going over there now."},{"start":9.23,"end":10.07,"text":"I can get her."},{"start":10.09,"end":10.43,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":10.47,"end":11.17,"text":"All right, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. After the operator reported difficulty reaching Dr. Trusher at her location, the President decided to bypass further operator assistance and proceed to her residence in person. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to ensure successful contact with his family.","topics":["Tricia Nixon Cox","White House operator","Logistics","Personal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:59:43.186Z"},"topicSlugs":["tricia-nixon-cox","white-house-operator","logistics","personal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-149.mp3","bytes":395597,"durationSec":16.43,"bitrate":192660,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.114Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-149.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-149","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}