{"conversationCode":"011-081","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-081","startDateTime":"1971-10-13T16:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-13T16:38:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:37 PM","endDate":"13-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dyer, Kenneth;","description":"On October 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Kenneth Dyer talked on the telephone from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm. 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(President)","Dyer, Kenneth"],"prevCode":"011-080","nextCode":"011-082","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":2.27,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.55,"end":4.79,"text":"Mr. Kenneth Dyer, Mr. President."},{"start":4.81,"end":4.97,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.95,"end":6.47,"text":"President."},{"start":7.85,"end":8.41,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.68,"end":8.84,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.86,"end":10.2,"text":"Hello, is this Ken Dyer?"},{"start":10.84,"end":11.78,"text":"Yes, it is, sir."},{"start":11.8,"end":26.29,"text":"Well, I just wanted you to know that I read about that injury in the game with the Packers and that you've had a lot of people cheering for you down there in Cincinnati and other places, but you've got a great cheering section all over the country for you."},{"start":26.31,"end":27.94,"text":"We just wish you the very best."},{"start":28.52,"end":29.18,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":31.64,"end":33.74,"text":"Hello."},{"start":33.84,"end":36.28,"text":"Mr. Kenneth Dyer, Mr. President."},{"start":36.3,"end":36.46,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":37.42,"end":37.95,"text":"President."},{"start":39.33,"end":39.81,"text":"Hello."},{"start":40.17,"end":40.45,"text":"Hello."},{"start":40.49,"end":41.69,"text":"Hello, is this Ken Dyer?"},{"start":42.33,"end":42.91,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":43.27,"end":57.77,"text":"Well, I just wanted you to know that I read about that injury in the game with the Packers and that you had a lot of people cheering for you down there in Cincinnati and other places, but you got a great cheering section all over the country for you."},{"start":57.78,"end":59.69,"text":"We just wish you the very best."},{"start":60.83,"end":62.3,"text":"How's it coming along?"},{"start":62.52,"end":65.48,"text":"I understand that you've got some movement back in your legs."},{"start":67.12,"end":69.61,"text":"What's the prognosis at the moment?"},{"start":70.61,"end":73.58,"text":"It's coming along real fine."},{"start":73.6,"end":76.44,"text":"The movement of my legs is coming along real well."},{"start":76.81,"end":79.28,"text":"You say your legs are, you can move your legs?"},{"start":79.48,"end":80.42,"text":"Right, right."},{"start":80.44,"end":81.4,"text":"Great, great."},{"start":81.42,"end":82.34,"text":"And how's your morale?"},{"start":82.38,"end":83.36,"text":"That's the important thing."},{"start":83.53,"end":84.35,"text":"Oh, great."},{"start":84.37,"end":84.69,"text":"Great."},{"start":84.83,"end":88.56,"text":"Well, I understand your brother got out to see you."},{"start":89.42,"end":89.82,"text":"He did."},{"start":89.84,"end":90.14,"text":"Great."},{"start":90.48,"end":92.28,"text":"Well, I sure wish you the best."},{"start":92.3,"end":95.83,"text":"And I'm a football fan, you know, and followed for years."},{"start":95.91,"end":100.62,"text":"And one of these freak injuries really was something."},{"start":100.64,"end":102.8,"text":"But we're really pulling for you."},{"start":103.11,"end":103.63,"text":"Okay."},{"start":104.39,"end":104.89,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":104.91,"end":106.75,"text":"Good luck, man."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called Cincinnati Bengals player Ken Dyer to express his personal well-wishes following a severe injury sustained during a game against the Green Bay Packers. The President inquired about Dyer's recovery progress and morale, specifically noting the encouraging signs of restored movement in the player's legs. 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