{"conversationCode":"018-087","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-087","startDateTime":"1972-01-17T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-17T16:30:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Jan-1972","startTime":"11:24 AM","endDate":"17-Jan-1972","endTime":"11:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.;","description":"On January 17, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:30 am. 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Connally\n\n[Haldeman conferred with the President.]\n\n     Schedule\n          -Camp David\n\n[End of conferral]\n\nHaldeman talked with Connally.\n\n     Meeting with the President in the afternoon\n\n     Connally's schedule\n         -Time\n         -Yugoslav Ambassador","filename":["018-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:58:24","tapeEnd":"04:00:15","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Connally, John B."],"prevCode":"018-086","nextCode":"018-088","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":5.42,"text":"This is Haldeman, can I have Secretary Connolly please?"},{"start":33.63,"end":36.83,"text":"I might just stay at Camp David."},{"start":36.93,"end":37.53,"text":"All right."},{"start":37.55,"end":46.25,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":48.45,"end":48.75,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":49.01,"end":49.47,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":49.71,"end":50.13,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":50.15,"end":51.12,"text":"Sir Robert?"},{"start":51.22,"end":55.78,"text":"President wondered if you would be available to meet with him any time from 2 on this afternoon."},{"start":56.8,"end":57.27,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":57.37,"end":59.59,"text":"I'll be available whenever he wants to meet."},{"start":59.65,"end":62.89,"text":"What is your convenience, sir?"},{"start":63.4,"end":66.34,"text":"I have nothing that I can't change."},{"start":66.69,"end":72.9,"text":"I have a 230, a 3, and a 330, but all of them I can change very readily."},{"start":72.96,"end":75.89,"text":"I can do it at 4 o'clock."},{"start":75.97,"end":77.13,"text":"I can do it at 3 o'clock."},{"start":77.19,"end":78.13,"text":"I can do it any time."},{"start":79.02,"end":80.26,"text":"So just at his convenience."},{"start":81.05,"end":82.65,"text":"Why don't we make it 4 o'clock?"},{"start":82.67,"end":84.07,"text":"That works out better for you, doesn't it?"},{"start":84.39,"end":89.52,"text":"Yeah, but really, these others are just internal appointments, so I can change them without any trouble."},{"start":89.54,"end":95.05,"text":"One of them is a courtesy call by a Yugoslavia ambassador that I've seen two or three times."},{"start":95.07,"end":96.43,"text":"So it really doesn't make any difference."},{"start":96.45,"end":98.29,"text":"Four is fine with me."},{"start":98.33,"end":101.26,"text":"If three is better for him, three would suit me equally as well."},{"start":101.28,"end":102.08,"text":"Why don't we leave it at four?"},{"start":102.1,"end":102.72,"text":"All right."},{"start":102.74,"end":106.27,"text":"That works out okay here, and you don't have to joke on it."},{"start":106.29,"end":107.27,"text":"All right."},{"start":107.29,"end":108.03,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":108.05,"end":108.15,"text":"Okay."},{"start":108.17,"end":108.49,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":108.59,"end":108.99,"text":"Very good."},{"start":109.31,"end":109.67,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":110.33,"end":110.53,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinates with John B. Connally to schedule a meeting with President Nixon for that afternoon. Connally expresses flexibility in his schedule, offering to postpone or cancel existing internal appointments, including a courtesy call with the Yugoslav ambassador. The two finalize the meeting time for 4:00 p.m. at the President’s convenience.","topics":["Scheduling","John B. 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