{"conversationCode":"410-031","tapeNumber":410,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-410-031","startDateTime":"1973-03-15T21:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-15T21:50:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:47 PM","endDate":"15-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 15, 1973, 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 4:47 pm and 4:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 410-31\n\nDate: March 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:47 pm and 4:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-97]","filename":["410-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"410-030","nextCode":"410-032","transcript":[{"start":6.16,"end":8.19,"text":"Uh, come back."},{"start":8.21,"end":9.49,"text":"I did not come back."},{"start":9.52,"end":13.52,"text":"I'm heavy raining."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the White House operator to address a misunderstanding regarding a previous request or staff arrival. The exchange primarily focused on clarifying whether the operator had returned to the President's location. No substantive policy or political decisions were made during this short interaction.","topics":["White House operations","communication logistics","Presidential staff","administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:41:09.127Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","communication-logistics","presidential-staff","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"410-031.mp3","bytes":122880,"durationSec":18.35,"bitrate":53581,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/410-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/410-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/410/conversation-410-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}