{"conversationCode":"886-003","tapeNumber":886,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-886-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T13:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T13:24:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:20 AM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:24 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:24 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 886-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"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. 886-3\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:20 am and 8:24 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n       Meeting with Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:24 am.","filename":["886-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"886-002","nextCode":"886-004","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":0.48,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief morning meeting with General Brent Scowcroft in the Oval Office. Although the specific substance of their exchange was not captured or remains undefined, the meeting highlights the President's ongoing consultations with his national security staff during a critical period of his administration. No definitive decisions or actions were recorded during this four-minute encounter.","topics":["Brent Scowcroft","National Security","White House Meetings","Presidential Advisers"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:09:27.657Z"},"topicSlugs":["brent-scowcroft","national-security","white-house-meetings","presidential-advisers"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"886-003.mp3","bytes":75776,"durationSec":13.61,"bitrate":44530,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/886-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/886-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/886/conversation-886-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}