{"conversationCode":"031-150","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":150,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-150","startDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:15:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:15 AM","endDate":"20-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:15 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-150 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. 31-150\n\nDate: October 20, 1972\nTime: 9:15 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 371-5]\n\n        Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson","filename":["031-150.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-149","nextCode":"031-151","transcript":[{"start":5.11,"end":7.63,"text":"Could you ask Mr. Coulson to come to the OB, please?"},{"start":7.85,"end":8.23,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to summon Charles W. Colson to the Oval Office. This logistical coordination serves to facilitate an immediate, private meeting between the President and his special counsel. The primary objective is the scheduling of this consultation, marking a standard administrative interaction during the workday.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Oval Office","Presidential scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:59:48.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","oval-office","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-150.mp3","bytes":319737,"durationSec":13.27,"bitrate":192806,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-150.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-150","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-150","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}