{"conversationCode":"037-187","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":187,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-187","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T20:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T20:48:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-187 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. 37-187\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 421-9]\n\n       Request for a call to Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft","filename":["037-187.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-186","nextCode":"037-188","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":2.62,"text":"Goldcroft."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to General Brent G. Scowcroft. This interaction serves as a routine administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and the National Security Advisor. No substantive policy discussions or complex developments occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Brent G. Scowcroft","White House operations","Presidential communication","National Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:25:44.861Z"},"topicSlugs":["brent-g-scowcroft","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-187.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":10.72,"bitrate":47379,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-187.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-187","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-187","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}