{"conversationCode":"032-003","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-003","startDateTime":"1972-10-22T23:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-22T23:32:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:28 PM","endDate":"22-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:28 pm to 7:32 pm. 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Kissinger's schedule\n              -Return to US\n                   -Time\n                   -Delay\n                       -The President’s instructions for Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n              -Meeting with the President\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/15/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[032-003-w001]\n[Duration: 2m 13s]\n\n       The President's campaign schedule\n              -Trip to Kentucky\n                      -Announcement\n                              -Timing\n                                      -News stories\n                      -Amount of time\n                              -Travel time\n                      -Itinerary\n                              -School campaign event\n                              -Departure\n              -Trip to New York\n                      -Departure time\n                      -Small towns\n                              -Avoid stopping\n                              -The President’s concern about speaking\n                              -Roll slow and wave\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                                -Handshakes\n                                -Do not speak\n                                -Bands\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["032-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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(\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"032-002","nextCode":"032-004","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":1.47,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.49,"end":1.73,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.51,"end":6.12,"text":"I noticed that they've got an 8.30 meeting on with Schultz et al."},{"start":6.44,"end":8.92,"text":"Yeah, that's just, they've got it on the schedule for..."},{"start":8.94,"end":17.58,"text":"Put it on, but because of, well, the point is I have some, because of the international things, I just don't want to be bothered tomorrow or the next two or three days."},{"start":17.64,"end":19.74,"text":"I just can't have anything for crap on, you know."},{"start":19.72,"end":23.75,"text":"So just tell them they can have the meeting, but don't expect me."},{"start":23.81,"end":25.43,"text":"That's the way it's planned anyway."},{"start":26.08,"end":26.18,"text":"Good."},{"start":26.2,"end":30.36,"text":"But we told them to put it on your schedule so it would be on part of the amounts calendar."},{"start":30.62,"end":32.03,"text":"Sure, sure, sure."},{"start":32.21,"end":36.08,"text":"They're following up on the meeting the other night, yeah?"},{"start":36.22,"end":40.12,"text":"Yeah, because we've got to watch things as they come along."},{"start":40.16,"end":41.12,"text":"Right."},{"start":42.37,"end":46.13,"text":"Now, Henry's probably going to get back tomorrow around 11 o'clock or so."},{"start":47.13,"end":51.08,"text":"He was supposed to get back at 6, and I told Al he must not get back while I'm in New York."},{"start":51.34,"end":71.3,"text":"So we shoved that over until we trust 11 o'clock, and I'll see him when I get back from New York."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed adjustments to the President's upcoming schedule to ensure his availability for critical international matters. Nixon instructed that his planned meeting with George Shultz proceed without his attendance to avoid unnecessary distractions. 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