{"conversationCode":"017-070","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-070","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T15:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:14 AM","endDate":"25-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rackley, Frank B.; Rackley, Marguerite;","description":"On December 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Frank B. Rackley, and Marguerite Rackley talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:16 am. 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(\"Bebe\") Rebozo\n\nMarguerite Rackley joined the conversation.\n\n     Family greetings\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/21/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-070-w001]\n[Duration: 24s]\n\n     Family greetings\n          -Christmas card\n          -Political office\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["017-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:53:24","tapeEnd":"02:54:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Rackley, Frank B.","Rackley, Marguerite"],"prevCode":"017-069","nextCode":"017-071","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":4.03,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.05,"end":4.35,"text":"Hello."},{"start":6.18,"end":16.01,"text":"Well, Frank, I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to you and to all the Rackleys and to tell you how much we appreciated that Christmas remembrance we sent you."},{"start":16.05,"end":19.47,"text":"When I go to swimming, I just put that right around me to keep from catching cold."},{"start":21.56,"end":22.22,"text":"That's right."},{"start":22.24,"end":23,"text":"That's right."},{"start":23.02,"end":25.72,"text":"Are you in Washington?"},{"start":25.74,"end":26.32,"text":"That's what I meant."},{"start":26.56,"end":26.86,"text":"Right."},{"start":27.46,"end":29.13,"text":"And right there in your old home, huh?"},{"start":31.23,"end":32.67,"text":"That's great, that's great."},{"start":33.36,"end":34.22,"text":"Everybody doing well?"},{"start":36.56,"end":38,"text":"Everybody's doing well."},{"start":38.02,"end":38.16,"text":"Mm-hmm."},{"start":38.18,"end":41.55,"text":"And you're, well, we sure appreciated your friendship through the years."},{"start":41.57,"end":43.53,"text":"Oh, we appreciate it."},{"start":43.55,"end":47.08,"text":"We want you to, you just take care of yourself and keep fighting, boy."},{"start":48.28,"end":48.42,"text":"I will."},{"start":48.44,"end":50.14,"text":"And keep baby from getting out of line, okay?"},{"start":50.16,"end":50.36,"text":"All right."},{"start":52.46,"end":53.38,"text":"Mr. President, this is Marguerite."},{"start":53.42,"end":56.29,"text":"Yeah, Marguerite, how are you?"},{"start":56.31,"end":58.19,"text":"I want to give my best to the whole family."},{"start":58.21,"end":58.29,"text":"Yes."},{"start":58.31,"end":59.19,"text":"We're so proud of you every inch of the way."},{"start":59.21,"end":59.55,"text":"We thought, yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon initiated a brief holiday call to Frank B. Rackley and his wife, Marguerite, to exchange Christmas greetings and express appreciation for a gift provided by the couple. The conversation served primarily as a personal gesture of friendship, with the President offering encouragement to Frank Rackley and acknowledging the couple's support. No formal policy or administrative decisions were made during the exchange.","topics":["Christmas","Personal correspondence","Frank B. 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