{"conversationCode":"037-197","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":197,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-197","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T00:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T00:26:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:25 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:26 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 7:25 pm to 7:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-197 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. 37-197\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: 7:25 pm-7:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft.\n\n       Message for President\n             -Delivery\n             -Manolo Sanchez","filename":["037-197.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)"],"prevCode":"037-196","nextCode":"037-198","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.09,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.29,"end":1.99,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":2.75,"end":5.12,"text":"Did you send that message over to me yet?"},{"start":5.88,"end":6.88,"text":"Yes, I have it coming in."},{"start":7.16,"end":13.15,"text":"I think the previous one must have been left over in the EOB, so I'm having it retyped."},{"start":13.33,"end":14.61,"text":"Oh, I see, I see."},{"start":15.17,"end":17.07,"text":"Well, that one I just threw in the outbox, I guess."},{"start":17.15,"end":17.43,"text":"Okay."},{"start":17.45,"end":18.02,"text":"I think so."},{"start":18.05,"end":21.04,"text":"Just type over what you've got and send it over and give it to Manolo and he'll bring it down."},{"start":21.14,"end":22.14,"text":"I certainly will, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon spoke with General Brent Scowcroft to expedite the delivery of a misplaced administrative document. The President directed Scowcroft to have the message retyped and handed to Manolo Sanchez for personal delivery to the residence. This brief coordination ensured the efficient physical transfer of official materials between the Executive Office Building and the President.","topics":["White House logistics","administrative procedures","Manolo Sanchez","internal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:26:43.052Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","administrative-procedures","manolo-sanchez","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-197.mp3","bytes":202752,"durationSec":29.28,"bitrate":55396,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-197.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-197","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-197","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}