{"conversationCode":"006-011","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-011","startDateTime":"1971-06-28T23:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-28T23:13:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jun-1971","startTime":"7:12 PM","endDate":"28-Jun-1971","endTime":"7:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scouten, Rex W.;","description":"On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rex W. Scouten talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 6-11\n\nDate: June 28, 1971\nTime: 7:12 pm - 7:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Rex W. Scouten.\n\n[See Conversation No. 531-24B]\n\n     Refreshments for Chowder and Marching Society\n          -East Room","filename":["006-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:01","tapeEnd":"00:08:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scouten, Rex W."],"prevCode":"006-010","nextCode":"006-012","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":13.32,"text":"I want to be sure that group today is when they come in are brought up immediately and be sure that you serve them drinks, don't you, at the beginning or not?"},{"start":13.62,"end":14.9,"text":"The group, the..."},{"start":14.92,"end":15.9,"text":"The chartered marching group."},{"start":16.19,"end":16.51,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":17.09,"end":19.05,"text":"Do you serve them drinks before they go into the..."},{"start":19.84,"end":21.41,"text":"You serve them in the big room?"},{"start":21.71,"end":24.3,"text":"Just as they come into the East Room, they're served just as they come in."},{"start":24.4,"end":24.86,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":24.88,"end":31.38,"text":"Well, give them basically sort of double drinks as they come in because I want them to be sure to have a drink before we get in."},{"start":31.68,"end":31.78,"text":"Fine."},{"start":31.8,"end":35.28,"text":"We'll be down about 8 p.m., but that's the kind of a group that likes to drink a lot."},{"start":35.96,"end":36.08,"text":"Fine."},{"start":36.28,"end":36.62,"text":"Okay."},{"start":36.68,"end":37.48,"text":"We'll take care of them."},{"start":37.5,"end":38.31,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with White House Chief Usher Rex W. Scouten regarding hospitality arrangements for a gathering of the Chowder and Marching Society in the East Room. The President explicitly requested that guests be served ample drinks immediately upon arrival to ensure the group was well-supplied before his scheduled appearance at 8:00 p.m. Scouten acknowledged the directive and confirmed that the staff would manage the refreshments accordingly.","topics":["Chowder and Marching Society","White House hospitality","Rex W. Scouten","event planning","East Room"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:06:41.408Z"},"topicSlugs":["chowder-and-marching-society","white-house-hospitality","rex-w-scouten","event-planning","east-room"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-011.mp3","bytes":920731,"durationSec":38.26,"bitrate":192506,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}