{"conversationCode":"037-199","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":199,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-199","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T00:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T00:28:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:27 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:28 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 7:27 pm to 7:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-199 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. 37-199\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: 7:27 pm-7:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft.\n\f                                             - 136 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n       Message for President\n             -Delivery\n                     -Manolo Sanchez\n             -President’s order","filename":["037-199.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)"],"prevCode":"037-198","nextCode":"037-200","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.88,"text":"General Scowcroft."},{"start":1.9,"end":2.22,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.3,"end":2.62,"text":"Yes, mister."},{"start":2.64,"end":6.41,"text":"You don't need to bother, but I had brought it over with my briefcase, so I have it."},{"start":6.96,"end":7.6,"text":"Oh, oh, all right."},{"start":7.62,"end":8.1,"text":"No problem."},{"start":8.12,"end":8.9,"text":"You still got it fine."},{"start":8.94,"end":9.42,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":9.44,"end":11.81,"text":"And you go off and issue the order."},{"start":11.83,"end":13.11,"text":"We're not going to go ahead, okay?"},{"start":13.13,"end":14.18,"text":"Yes, I have done that, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and General Brent Scowcroft engaged in a brief telephone exchange to coordinate the handling of a specific document brought over by the General. The President confirmed that a previously contemplated action would not proceed and sought verification that the relevant orders had been successfully rescinded. Scowcroft acknowledged the directive, confirming that the instruction had been carried out.","topics":["White House administration","Military protocols","Presidential directives","General Brent Scowcroft","Document management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:26:53.678Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","military-protocols","presidential-directives","general-brent-scowcroft","document-management"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-199.mp3","bytes":143360,"durationSec":21.16,"bitrate":54200,"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/037-199.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-199","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-199","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}