{"conversationCode":"320-019","tapeNumber":320,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-320-019","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:51:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:49 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scott, Hugh;","description":"On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:49 pm to 2:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 320-19\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\n\fTime: 2:49 pm - 2:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Hugh Scott.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 20-63]","filename":["320-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:42:12","tapeEnd":"00:43:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scott, Hugh"],"prevCode":"320-018","nextCode":"320-020","transcript":[{"start":1.84,"end":2.46,"text":"No!"},{"start":5.28,"end":24.76,"text":"Oh, I didn't have anything to bother you with, but I talked to Ziegler, and he said that the statement you made after the leadership has given a good play on the wire."},{"start":24.78,"end":26.58,"text":"And I just, I thought you should know again, though, that I talk with a three-eyed person."},{"start":26.6,"end":30.66,"text":"And, you know, you like to hear good things from that guy, but some of the fellows told me they had never heard anything better."},{"start":30.68,"end":31.63,"text":"You really got wound up."},{"start":31.65,"end":33.89,"text":"And I said, well, you know, I said, Scott Greer was a mean bastard."},{"start":33.91,"end":35.05,"text":"I said, you just don't realize it."},{"start":35.64,"end":59.92,"text":"Because I, you know, they forget you were a Russell Farley chairman, huh?"},{"start":59.94,"end":60.2,"text":"You remember?"},{"start":60.22,"end":60.32,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":60.34,"end":61.18,"text":"But you're on the right side of it, buddy."},{"start":61.2,"end":62.42,"text":"You're on the right side, and I don't know if you think so."},{"start":62.45,"end":62.91,"text":"There's the, uh, yeah."},{"start":62.92,"end":63.91,"text":"You're a member of that group, too?"},{"start":64.51,"end":78.32,"text":"those people that are offering the enemy better terms than the president has offered them are, in effect, torpedoing the chances to get a settlement before the election."},{"start":78.34,"end":87.09,"text":"I think the idea that they're saying they, in effect, are destroying the chance to have peace before America."},{"start":87.11,"end":92.14,"text":"Isn't that a good thing?"},{"start":92.16,"end":92.78,"text":"Well, good luck."},{"start":97.16,"end":97.59,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott met with President Nixon to relay positive public feedback regarding the President's recent statement following a leadership meeting. The discussion focused on political strategy, specifically characterizing those advocating for alternative peace terms as undermining the administration's chances for a diplomatic settlement before the upcoming election. Nixon reaffirmed the importance of maintaining a unified stance, acknowledging Scott's critical role in steering party support for his foreign policy initiatives.","topics":["Senate leadership","Vietnam War","peace negotiations","political strategy","Republican party politics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:53:10.652Z"},"topicSlugs":["senate-leadership","vietnam-war","peace-negotiations","political-strategy","republican-party-politics"],"audioDurationSec":98,"audioFiles":[{"file":"320-019.mp3","bytes":3919203,"durationSec":97.83,"bitrate":320494,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.567Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/320-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/320/conversation-320-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}