{"conversationCode":"037-101","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-101","startDateTime":"1973-03-14T16:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-14T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Mar-1973","startTime":"11:02 AM","endDate":"14-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scali, John A.;","description":"On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 11:02 am to 11:03 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-101 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"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. 37-101\n\nDate: March 14, 1973\nTime: 11:02 am-11:03 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John A. Scali.\n\n[See Conversation No. 879-3]\n\n       Best wishes on assignment\n              -United Nations [UN]\n\f                                               - 76 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n              -Denise (St. Germain) Scali\n              -Travel","filename":["037-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scali, John A."],"prevCode":"037-100","nextCode":"037-102","transcript":[{"start":1.36,"end":2.06,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.08,"end":4.15,"text":"Ambassador Scali."},{"start":4.17,"end":4.87,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.89,"end":5.75,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":6.23,"end":12.76,"text":"John, I just wanted to wish you well on your assignment and hope you'll get a few days off to enjoy your honeymoon down there."},{"start":12.92,"end":15.42,"text":"Well, thank you very much, Mr. President."},{"start":16.48,"end":21.31,"text":"I will go properly weary, but determined to play a constructive role."},{"start":21.33,"end":22.13,"text":"Oh, you sure will."},{"start":22.31,"end":22.65,"text":"Sure will."},{"start":22.69,"end":26.71,"text":"And give my best to your wife and..."},{"start":27.23,"end":29.35,"text":"Don't take any pot down there."},{"start":29.37,"end":29.79,"text":"No."},{"start":29.81,"end":30.23,"text":"Okay."},{"start":32.11,"end":32.63,"text":"Good luck."},{"start":32.65,"end":33.15,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":33.32,"end":33.4,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called John A. Scali to offer his well wishes before Scali assumed his new role as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. During the brief exchange, the President also extended congratulations regarding Scali’s recent marriage to his wife, Denise. The conversation served primarily as a formal and personal gesture of encouragement as Scali prepared for his upcoming diplomatic assignment.","topics":["John A. Scali","United Nations","Ambassadorial appointments","Diplomatic assignments","White House personnel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:17:47.302Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-a-scali","united-nations","ambassadorial-appointments","diplomatic-assignments","white-house-personnel"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-101.mp3","bytes":286720,"durationSec":39.65,"bitrate":57845,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.122Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}