{"conversationCode":"380-031","tapeNumber":380,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-380-031","startDateTime":"1972-12-28T19:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-28T20:14:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Dec-1972","startTime":"2:40 PM","endDate":"28-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 28, 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 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 380-31\n\nDate: December 28, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-30]","filename":["380-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"380-030","nextCode":"380-032","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":6.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served as a routine administrative task to establish communication with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential administration","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:38:23.411Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-administration","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"380-031.mp3","bytes":264565,"durationSec":10.88,"bitrate":194533,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/380-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/380-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/380/conversation-380-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}