{"conversationCode":"037-196","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":196,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-196","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T23:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T00:25:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"6:09 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:25 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 6:09 pm and 7:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-196 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. 37-196\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:09 pm and 7:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft\n\f                                            - 135 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["037-196.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-195","nextCode":"037-197","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":4.49,"text":"General Scowcroft, please."},{"start":4.51,"end":4.92,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.94,"end":5.59,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to reach General Brent Scowcroft. The conversation consists solely of the President providing instructions to the White House operator to connect him with the National Security Advisor. No further substantive discussion occurs during this recording.","topics":["Brent Scowcroft","White House operations","Presidential communications","National Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:26:37.802Z"},"topicSlugs":["brent-scowcroft","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-196.mp3","bytes":71680,"durationSec":11.79,"bitrate":48651,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.130Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-196.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-196","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-196","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}