{"conversationCode":"467-031","tapeNumber":467,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-467-031","startDateTime":"1971-03-17T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-17T20:36:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1971","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"17-Mar-1971","endTime":"3:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 467-31\n\nDate: March 17, 1971\nTime: 3:36 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     Call to Al Chamie\n                                               26\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                         Tape Subject Log\n                                            (rev. 9/08)","filename":["467-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:11:05","tapeEnd":"02:12:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"467-030","nextCode":"467-032","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":6.99,"text":"You've got me, Mr. Powell, C-H-A-M-I-E, Commander of the American Legion."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Alfred P. Chamie, the National Commander of the American Legion. The brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to initiate official communication with the organization's leadership. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this exchange.","topics":["Alfred P. Chamie","American Legion","White House communications","Telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:21:18.908Z"},"topicSlugs":["alfred-p-chamie","american-legion","white-house-communications","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"467-031.mp3","bytes":168018,"durationSec":6.95,"bitrate":193492,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/467-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/467/conversation-467-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}