{"conversationCode":"331-031","tapeNumber":331,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-331-031","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T19:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T19:17:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:16 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 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 2:16 pm and 2:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-031 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. 331-31\n\nDate: April 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:16 pm and 2:17 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-36]","filename":["331-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:24:18","tapeEnd":"04:24:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"331-030","nextCode":"331-032","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":5.54,"text":"The, uh, Mr. Zaker, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to an individual identified as Mr. Zaker. This brief exchange served as a procedural request to initiate a specific communication. No further substantive discussion occurred during this interaction.","topics":["telecommunications","scheduling","administrative procedures","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:32:12.374Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","scheduling","administrative-procedures","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"331-031.mp3","bytes":253701,"durationSec":6.21,"bitrate":327066,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/331-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/331/conversation-331-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}