{"conversationCode":"014-098","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-098","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T02:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T02:58:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1971","startTime":"9:56 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1971","endTime":"9:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Preston, Willis O., Jr.;","description":"On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Willis O. Preston, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:56 pm to 9:58 pm. 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(President)","White House operator","Preston, Willis O., Jr."],"prevCode":"014-097","nextCode":"014-099","transcript":[{"start":1.69,"end":12.36,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":12.38,"end":12.78,"text":"Hello."},{"start":14.48,"end":15.11,"text":"Well, how are you?"},{"start":15.12,"end":29.99,"text":"I saw the story in the paper about your, and also you got your letter about sharing the first page with you, and I just wanted you to know that I was very proud to share the first page with you."},{"start":32.11,"end":38.1,"text":"I like your courage and the way that you're fighting back."},{"start":38.3,"end":41.08,"text":"I'm not alone."},{"start":41.1,"end":43.27,"text":"Well, a lot of people are pulling for you, I can assure you."},{"start":44.09,"end":47.17,"text":"I never thought that you would see the letters."},{"start":47.19,"end":48.73,"text":"Oh, you bet I saw it."},{"start":48.75,"end":59.99,"text":"I don't see them all, but you know my staff, they go through and of course thousands come in, but one of my people said, you know, this is a remarkable letter, and of course you're rather close to home here now, so I..."},{"start":61.24,"end":64.06,"text":"Well, I appreciate it, and I just wish you the very best."},{"start":64.08,"end":64.96,"text":"You have five children, right?"},{"start":64.98,"end":69.5,"text":"Yes, I do, and they're all staying in here with their mouths wide open."},{"start":69.53,"end":69.81,"text":"Is that right?"},{"start":69.83,"end":70.97,"text":"How many boys, how many girls?"},{"start":72.97,"end":73.91,"text":"Two boys and two girls."},{"start":73.93,"end":74.75,"text":"And how old is the oldest?"},{"start":74.77,"end":76.89,"text":"He's 19 now."},{"start":76.91,"end":77.21,"text":"19?"},{"start":78.09,"end":79.25,"text":"Oh, that's great."},{"start":79.27,"end":81.04,"text":"And we're still young, though."},{"start":81.06,"end":83.12,"text":"Oh, by all means, of course you are."},{"start":83.14,"end":88.54,"text":"Well, you tell them all that there's somebody down here in the White House who's mighty proud of their dad."},{"start":90.04,"end":91.82,"text":"Thank you, and good luck to you."},{"start":92.4,"end":92.85,"text":"Goodbye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon telephoned Willis O. 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