{"conversationCode":"037-188","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":188,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-188","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T20:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T20:49:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.);","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-188 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. 37-188\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\n\f                                             - 128 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\nTime: 3:48 pm-3:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft.\n\n[See Conversation No. 421-10]\n\n       Message from Henry A. Kissinger\n             -Delivery\n             -Typing","filename":["037-188.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)"],"prevCode":"037-187","nextCode":"037-189","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.9,"text":"General Felcroft."},{"start":2.46,"end":2.94,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":3.02,"end":4.91,"text":"I wondered if you'd gotten anything from Henry."},{"start":5.11,"end":7.62,"text":"We haven't, sir, but we expect it any minute now."},{"start":7.98,"end":9.97,"text":"As soon as you get it typed up, you bring it over."},{"start":10.03,"end":10.95,"text":"We'll talk about it, okay?"},{"start":11.09,"end":12.13,"text":"I certainly will, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with General Brent Scowcroft regarding the status of an expected communication from Henry Kissinger. The President instructed Scowcroft to personally deliver the document for review immediately upon its arrival and transcription. This brief exchange highlights the President's urgent need to coordinate and act upon diplomatic or policy updates provided by Kissinger.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communication","Policy coordination","Document delivery","National Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:25:50.374Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communication","policy-coordination","document-delivery","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-188.mp3","bytes":129024,"durationSec":19.4,"bitrate":53205,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.130Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-188.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-188","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-188","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}