{"conversationCode":"030-002","tapeNumber":30,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-030-002","startDateTime":"1972-09-19T15:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-19T15:26:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Sep-1972","startTime":"11:25 AM","endDate":"19-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bush, Prescott S.;","description":"On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Prescott S. Bush talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:26 am. 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(President)","Bush, Prescott S."],"prevCode":"030-001","nextCode":"030-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.93,"text":"You are."},{"start":0.95,"end":1.31,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.75,"end":2.31,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":2.98,"end":4.56,"text":"Press, I was just talking to George."},{"start":4.6,"end":7.34,"text":"We were talking about the upcoming session of the U.N."},{"start":7.38,"end":9.67,"text":"He told me you were in the hospital for an operation."},{"start":10.35,"end":10.43,"text":"Yes."},{"start":10.45,"end":14.13,"text":"And I just wanted to tell you we're thinking about you and we know you're going to pull through."},{"start":14.98,"end":22.53,"text":"And you just, you know, just have in mind how you sink those good long putts and you'll do this that well on that operation."},{"start":22.51,"end":25.05,"text":"Well, thank you very much, Mr. President."},{"start":25.21,"end":28.48,"text":"I'm greatly honored to have you even think about me."},{"start":28.5,"end":29.4,"text":"Well, I'll tell you."},{"start":29.54,"end":30.26,"text":"What you have to do."},{"start":30.48,"end":31.5,"text":"Well, don't worry about that."},{"start":31.52,"end":34.1,"text":"There's nothing more important than talking to a good friend."},{"start":34.12,"end":37.23,"text":"And I remember all those battles we've been through."},{"start":38.13,"end":38.65,"text":"Yes, you did."},{"start":38.67,"end":45.03,"text":"And, incidentally, my golf is so bad now that I couldn't get... Well, after November, we'll see that that's improved."},{"start":45.27,"end":45.9,"text":"That's right."},{"start":45.98,"end":46.54,"text":"That's right."},{"start":46.62,"end":47.26,"text":"That's right."},{"start":47.3,"end":47.54,"text":"Yes."},{"start":47.52,"end":48.72,"text":"a little time to do it."},{"start":48.76,"end":49.38,"text":"That's right."},{"start":49.4,"end":51.47,"text":"And I just wish you the very best."},{"start":51.51,"end":53.53,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":53.57,"end":55.8,"text":"Can I tell you how grateful I am?"},{"start":56.86,"end":59.97,"text":"And give all the nurses my best."},{"start":59.99,"end":60.45,"text":"Okay."},{"start":60.47,"end":61.09,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":61.11,"end":63.08,"text":"Goodbye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon called Prescott S. Bush to offer well wishes and encouragement as Bush prepared for an upcoming surgery. The conversation touched briefly on the U.N. 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