{"conversationCode":"312-030","tapeNumber":312,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-312-030","startDateTime":"1972-01-11T21:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-11T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:03 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-030 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 312-30\n\nDate: January 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 18-69]","filename":["312a.mp3","312b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:49:28","tapeEnd":"03:49:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"312-029","nextCode":"312-031","tapeTranscriptFile":"312a.mp3,312b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":13789.22,"end":13791.5,"text":"It's got a little bit of a discouraging thing from Ray Price's memorandum."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":13758.625,"end":13791.5,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to discuss a memorandum authored by speechwriter Ray Price. The President expressed frustration with the discouraging nature of the document's content. This brief exchange reflects Nixon's ongoing engagement with staff communications and his internal reaction to policy or political feedback.","topics":["Ray Price","Memorandum","White House Staff","Presidential Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:35:32.923Z"},"topicSlugs":["ray-price","memorandum","white-house-staff","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"312a.mp3","bytes":124249096,"durationSec":7330.35,"bitrate":135599,"missing":false},{"file":"312b.mp3","bytes":113090288,"durationSec":7084.94,"bitrate":127696,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.278Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/312/conversation-312-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}