{"conversationCode":"031-012","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-012","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T16:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T17:40:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:37 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"1:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Hall, Joan; Lallathin, Susan;","description":"On October 6, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, Joan Hall, and Susan Lallathin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 1:40 pm. 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Sindlinger\n             -Point spread\n\nHall conferred with Susan Lallathin.\n\n        Poll figures\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n        Poll figures\n             -The President, George S. McGovern","filename":["031-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Hall, Joan","Lallathin, Susan"],"prevCode":"031-011","nextCode":"031-013","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":7.99,"text":"This is Mr. Coulson."},{"start":8.09,"end":12.08,"text":"Could I have my office, please?"},{"start":30.05,"end":30.83,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":32.92,"end":37.26,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":37.3,"end":39.27,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":40.51,"end":43.03,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":43.05,"end":44.7,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":44.72,"end":45.62,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":45.66,"end":49.04,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":52.95,"end":55.77,"text":"Tell Dick to wait."},{"start":64.68,"end":65.82,"text":"What?"},{"start":65.84,"end":66.06,"text":"Where?"},{"start":66.08,"end":67.54,"text":"20.3?"},{"start":67.56,"end":69.28,"text":"61.2?"},{"start":69.58,"end":72.59,"text":"Is that what you want?"},{"start":72.61,"end":75.83,"text":"Are those the two figures?"},{"start":75.93,"end":83.86,"text":"Are those the two figures?"},{"start":83.88,"end":84.5,"text":"Dimension 5."},{"start":84.92,"end":85.7,"text":"Dimension 5."},{"start":85.72,"end":88.85,"text":"The three figures, Nixon, McGovern, and the spread."},{"start":88.87,"end":93.45,"text":"61.0 to 20."},{"start":93.79,"end":95.83,"text":"One point two."},{"start":96.89,"end":98.76,"text":"Sixty-eight point two."},{"start":98.78,"end":101.32,"text":"One point oh."},{"start":101.44,"end":103.19,"text":"Twenty-two point two."},{"start":104.97,"end":105.09,"text":"Okay."},{"start":105.15,"end":108.5,"text":"All right?"},{"start":109.7,"end":111.86,"text":"Yeah, send it in when it's typed in."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson coordinated with White House staff, including Joan Hall and Susan Lallathin, to gather and verify the latest polling data while President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted in the background. The discussion focused on confirming specific poll figures for Nixon and his opponent, George McGovern, along with the associated point spread. Colson ultimately directed staff to finalize the report and deliver the typed results to his office.","topics":["Polling data","George McGovern","1972 Presidential Election","Charles W. 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