{"conversationCode":"021-113","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-113","startDateTime":"1972-03-19T15:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-19T15:33:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1972","startTime":"10:31 AM","endDate":"19-Mar-1972","endTime":"10:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On March 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:31 am to 10:33 am. 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Yeah."},{"start":7889.45,"end":7889.72,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7890.34,"end":7893.26,"text":"Well, I think you will there, and they're nice people too, aren't they?"},{"start":7893.3,"end":7894.94,"text":"The Mexicans are good people down there."},{"start":7895.8,"end":7896.02,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7896.04,"end":7896.14,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7901.31,"end":7904.17,"text":"But they really went all out."},{"start":7904.89,"end":7905.21,"text":"Did they?"},{"start":7905.23,"end":7905.91,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7907.29,"end":7910.91,"text":"And you came, and it's quiet and comfortable, huh?"},{"start":7911.17,"end":7913.53,"text":"Quiet and comfortable."},{"start":7913.61,"end":7914.37,"text":"And how's the weather?"},{"start":7914.97,"end":7916.57,"text":"Well, so far it's been glorious."},{"start":7917.13,"end":7918.02,"text":"Yeah, well it always is."},{"start":7918.03,"end":7921.11,"text":"I think it's the sort of place you would love."},{"start":7921.48,"end":7922.19,"text":"Yeah, it is."},{"start":7922.31,"end":7924.66,"text":"Acapulco has the most magnificent weather in the world."},{"start":7926.08,"end":7927.56,"text":"Very warm, warmer than Florida."},{"start":7928.06,"end":7928.52,"text":"That's right."},{"start":7928.66,"end":7929.4,"text":"At this time of year."},{"start":7931.59,"end":7932.23,"text":"That's what you want."},{"start":7934.27,"end":7934.53,"text":"Right."},{"start":7934.95,"end":7936.99,"text":"Well, you take care now, and don't worry about anything."},{"start":7937.36,"end":7941.12,"text":"Right."},{"start":7941.34,"end":7943.18,"text":"But go down and see the diver tonight."},{"start":7944.64,"end":7948.38,"text":"That's the only thing worth seeing, except for, you know, the other things you usually look at."},{"start":7949.14,"end":7949.56,"text":"Okay."},{"start":7950.26,"end":7950.54,"text":"Bye."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7860.125,"end":7959.875,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger spoke briefly to touch base while Kissinger was vacationing in Acapulco, Mexico. 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