{"conversationCode":"026-028","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-028","startDateTime":"1972-06-30T15:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-30T15:15:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jun-1972","startTime":"11:07 AM","endDate":"30-Jun-1972","endTime":"11:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President);","description":"On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew talked on the telephone from 11:07 am to 11:15 am. 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Agnew.\n\n[See Conversation No. 744-7]\n\n     Agnew's schedule\n         -Appearance in Nassau County\n\n     The President's previous news conference\n          -Questions\n          -The President's handling\n          -Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment\n               -The President’s view\n               -The Justice’s opinions\n          -Capital punishment\n               -The President's views\n               -State legislatures\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n                                         (rev. Jan-02)\n\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 4m 44s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     The President's previous press conference\n          -News breaks\n\n     Press Club's attack on Administration\n          -Lawsuit by members\n\n     The President's schedule\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 43s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:00","tapeEnd":"02:08:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Agnew, Spiro T. 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Nid ydyn nhw."},{"start":7316.44,"end":7322.15,"text":"Wel, mae nain penderfyniadau gwahanol, ac roedd y penderfyniadau wedi gadael eu llwyddo, os oedd y llaw'n cael ei ysgrifennu'n iawn."},{"start":7322.17,"end":7325.03,"text":"Nid oedd hi'n rheoli'r penderfyniad, dim ond ddwy o'r ddwy o'r ddwy o'r ddwy o'r ddwy."},{"start":7328.34,"end":7329.86,"text":"Dwi'n meddwl yw'n iawn."},{"start":7329.88,"end":7331.24,"text":"Dwi'n meddwl yw'n iawn."},{"start":7331.36,"end":7332.94,"text":"Dwi'n meddwl yw'n iawn."},{"start":7411.34,"end":7412.92,"text":"Gobeithio i mi gael y Prif Weinidog, os gwelwch."},{"start":7412.98,"end":7416.3,"text":"Ie, sir."},{"start":7416.34,"end":7417.24,"text":"Prif Weinidog, sir."},{"start":7417.36,"end":7417.47,"text":"Ie."},{"start":7417.94,"end":7418.05,"text":"Ie."},{"start":7418.1,"end":7418.19,"text":"Ie."},{"start":7418.23,"end":7418.31,"text":"Ie."},{"start":7418.39,"end":7418.47,"text":"Ie."},{"start":7418.48,"end":7418.52,"text":"Ie."},{"start":7440.02,"end":7444.54,"text":"Un o'r diwrnodau gorfforol mwyaf ar gyfer cyfweliad pres, nid oedden nhw'n gallu ei wneud eu hunain."},{"start":7444.58,"end":7445.64,"text":"Nid oedd hynny'n rhywbeth."},{"start":7445.72,"end":7446.58,"text":"Nid oedd hynny'n rhywbeth."},{"start":7446.62,"end":7451.97,"text":"Roedd hynny'n ganolbwyntiaeth cyfrifol, ac roeddwn i'n meddwl ei fod yn penderfyniad anodd yn bennaf, ond dyna'r teimlad bersonol."},{"start":7453.21,"end":7454.89,"text":"Wel, rwy'n credu eich bod chi'n rheoli'r pethau'n dda iawn."},{"start":7454.91,"end":7460.69,"text":"Yn amlwg, dwi ddim yn meddwl bod un tent o'r bobl hynny wedi darllen y penderfyniadau, ac nid ydyn nhw'n deall beth yw'r pethau."},{"start":7460.71,"end":7470.78,"text":"Nid ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth ydyn nhw'n deall beth y"},{"start":7473.87,"end":7475.59,"text":"ar y syniad y byddai peidio'n ddrwg, period."},{"start":7475.61,"end":7477.13,"text":"Iawn, dyna'r ffordd roeddwn i'n ei weld."},{"start":7477.17,"end":7490.82,"text":"Rwy'n gobeithio bod hynny'n wir, oherwydd, mi wnes i ddweud wrthych chi, dwi'n meddwl y byddai un o'r cydnabwyr neu'r un o'r hyfforddwyr wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod wedi bod"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7269.875,"end":7633.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew discuss the President's recent press conference, specifically focusing on his handling of questions regarding recent Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment. 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