{"conversationCode":"017-046","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-046","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T02:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T02:17:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:14 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hoover, J. Edgar;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 9:14 pm to 9:17 pm. 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Edgar Hoover’s present to the Nixons\n           -Eagle\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Christmas\n               -David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Edward and Tricia Nixon Cox\n                      -Swimming show\n\n     J. Edgar Hoover’s activities\n           -Florida\n           -Schedule\n           -Dinner\n                 -William Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger\n\n               -Clyde Tolson\n                    -Health\n          -Dinner\n               -The President’s house\n               -Dress\n               -Timing\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     President schedule in Florida\n           -Meeting with Willy Brandt\n\n     James R. “(Jimmy”) Hoffa's release\n          -John N. Mitchell\n          -Josephine (Polszynak) Hoffa\n                -Illness\n          -Hoffa\n          -Robert F. Kennedy\n          -Investigation\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/21/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-046-w003]\n[Duration: 8s]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Upcoming dinner in Florida\n               -Timing\n\n**************************************************************************","filename":["017-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:59:11","tapeEnd":"02:02:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Hoover, J. Edgar"],"prevCode":"017-045","nextCode":"017-047","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.65,"text":"You're at your home right there."},{"start":125.55,"end":132.72,"text":"Because I've got to meet the German the next day and I've got to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed."},{"start":132.74,"end":136.14,"text":"Boy, I tell you, these meetings are hard work."},{"start":136.16,"end":137.05,"text":"They're going well, though."},{"start":137.23,"end":146.4,"text":"They're going well."},{"start":146.42,"end":147.2,"text":"Do you really think so?"},{"start":148.69,"end":149.97,"text":"Right."},{"start":150.33,"end":151.37,"text":"Incidentally, I..."},{"start":151.97,"end":159.68,"text":"You know, I decided after long deliberation, and John Mitchell recommended that we ought to let Jimmy out."},{"start":161.04,"end":167.41,"text":"Well, his wife is terribly sick, you know, and the guy is, he's been a model prisoner, and I thought, what the heck."},{"start":171.65,"end":175.33,"text":"Well, that's what John said you thought, and I asked him about things."},{"start":175.43,"end":181.88,"text":"I didn't follow it at that time, but I thought that Bobby was on a vendetta against the man."},{"start":184.41,"end":189.83,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":189.85,"end":194.44,"text":"Well, it wasn't?"},{"start":194.46,"end":194.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":196.12,"end":196.54,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":197.76,"end":209.4,"text":"Well... Bye."},{"start":210.56,"end":210.9,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":211.9,"end":213.2,"text":"And the same to you."},{"start":213.32,"end":213.4,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover exchanged holiday greetings and discussed logistics for upcoming social engagements, including a planned dinner in Florida. The conversation shifted to the President's decision to release Jimmy Hoffa from prison, a move supported by Attorney General John Mitchell. Nixon cited Hoffa's status as a model prisoner and his wife’s illness as primary reasons for the commutation, while also noting his belief that the late Robert F. Kennedy had pursued a personal vendetta against Hoffa.","topics":["Jimmy Hoffa","Prisoner commutation","Robert F. Kennedy","J. 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