{"conversationCode":"020-110","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":110,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-110","startDateTime":"1972-02-29T04:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-29T04:15:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1972","startTime":"11:12 PM","endDate":"28-Feb-1972","endTime":"11:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.;","description":"On February 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:12 pm to 11:15 pm. 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Connally.\n\n     Greetings\n\n     Welcome at airport\n         -Sound system failure\n              -The President’s and Vice President’s remarks\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Cabinet meeting\n               -Possible repetition of remarks\n\n     Recent People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip\n          -Public relations\n               -Domination of news\n                      -The President’s call to Connally on February 27, 1972\n          -Revelation of meetings\n               -Exchange with PRC leaders\n                      -Chou En-lai\n                      -Mao Tse-tung\n               -Briefing from Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["020-110.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:37:55","tapeEnd":"03:39:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Connally, John B."],"prevCode":"020-109","nextCode":"020-111","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.69,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.88,"end":4.58,"text":"Well, Mr. President, we're happy to have you home."},{"start":4.9,"end":10.11,"text":"Well, we're glad to have you back home, too, but that was quite a welcome, wasn't it?"},{"start":10.27,"end":11.01,"text":"It was a great welcome."},{"start":11.03,"end":18.58,"text":"You know, tragically, though, for those of us who were in that line back there, we couldn't hear a word you said."},{"start":18.6,"end":18.74,"text":"Really?"},{"start":18.76,"end":19.12,"text":"Not a word."},{"start":20.09,"end":27.57,"text":"Well, you have to read it."},{"start":27.65,"end":30.17,"text":"It was a pretty good speech, actually."},{"start":30.57,"end":31.3,"text":"You couldn't hear it?"},{"start":31.34,"end":33.26,"text":"I wonder what it was."},{"start":33.4,"end":39.39,"text":"The people in front heard, apparently, because... Well, I'll be darned."},{"start":39.41,"end":43.78,"text":"But we just reacted when they did, but those of us who were... All the cabinet were back then."},{"start":43.8,"end":44.62,"text":"None of us heard a word."},{"start":45,"end":46.58,"text":"I'll be damned."},{"start":47.41,"end":50.07,"text":"I'm sorry, but there wasn't anything we could do about it."},{"start":50.09,"end":51.47,"text":"Oh, well, that's all right."},{"start":51.49,"end":52.17,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":52.19,"end":56.21,"text":"I can repeat it at the cabinet meeting, then."},{"start":56.23,"end":57.11,"text":"How are you feeling?"},{"start":57.13,"end":58.76,"text":"I feel just great."},{"start":58.8,"end":62.5,"text":"We're just delighted to be back."},{"start":62.72,"end":69.29,"text":"I must say, as I told you when you were kind enough to call on Sunday, that God, you just so completely dominated the news back here."},{"start":69.31,"end":70.43,"text":"It's just unbelievable."},{"start":70.45,"end":71.89,"text":"Well, actually, we had a"},{"start":73.57,"end":94.38,"text":"The real story is this can't be told because they're important."},{"start":94.4,"end":94.8,"text":"I have to show them."},{"start":94.82,"end":95.3,"text":"I'll cover a little bit."},{"start":95.32,"end":96.23,"text":"But, boy, it was cold steel all the way."},{"start":96.25,"end":96.69,"text":"I'm sure that's right."},{"start":96.71,"end":97.79,"text":"Cold steel because I was tough and they were tough."},{"start":97.83,"end":99.95,"text":"That's the way it has to be, and that's the way we got the understanding."},{"start":101.06,"end":103.17,"text":"It was a real cold day."},{"start":103.19,"end":105.09,"text":"You would love to hurt him."},{"start":105.29,"end":107.94,"text":"I'll have Henry fill you in, because he can tell you a little better."},{"start":108.3,"end":108.54,"text":"All right."},{"start":108.74,"end":109.16,"text":"All right."},{"start":109.64,"end":109.98,"text":"Bye."},{"start":110,"end":110.67,"text":"Welcome home."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John B. Connally discuss the aftermath of the President’s recent trip to the People's Republic of China, specifically focusing on the overwhelming public relations success and media domination surrounding the visit. Nixon characterizes his negotiations with Chinese leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai as firm and pragmatic. They also address technical failures in the airport sound system during the President's return, leading Nixon to offer a summary of his remarks for an upcoming cabinet meeting.","topics":["Richard M. Nixon","John B. 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