{"conversationCode":"033-019","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-019","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T15:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:14 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Thompson, S. Fletcher;","description":"On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and S. Fletcher Thompson talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 33-19\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: 10:14 am - 10:16 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House Operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 389-11J]\n\n       S. Fletcher Thompson\n\nThe President talked with S. Fletcher Thompson.\n\n       Greetings\n\n\n*****************************************************************\n                                              - 22 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                        (rev. June-07)\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 33-19 (cont’d)\n\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       1972 Election\n            -The President's call to Thompson\n                  -Purpose\n            -House of Representatives\n            -Thompson's position on foreign policy\n                  -Peace with honor\n                  -US strength\n                        -Law and order\n            -Georgia\n                  -Volunteers\n                  -Support for the President\n                  -Thompson's prospects\n                  -The President's trip to Atlanta, October 12, 1972\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************","filename":["033-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Thompson, S. Fletcher"],"prevCode":"033-018","nextCode":"033-020","transcript":[{"start":1.15,"end":2.67,"text":"Congressman Thompson, Mr. President?"},{"start":2.69,"end":2.95,"text":"Yes."},{"start":2.97,"end":3.11,"text":"Right."},{"start":6.15,"end":6.59,"text":"There you are."},{"start":9.09,"end":9.27,"text":"Hello."},{"start":9.29,"end":9.69,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":9.71,"end":28.43,"text":"I just called with only two days, three days left to wish you the very best, to wish my best to our other candidates there on our ticket, but particularly to say that in that United States Senate, we very much need you in these next four years."},{"start":28.67,"end":30.61,"text":"because you stand for peace with honor."},{"start":30.81,"end":34.48,"text":"You stand for a strong America rather than a weak America."},{"start":34.53,"end":41.46,"text":"You stand against those who would have us isolate ourselves from the world, who would have us surrender around the world."},{"start":42.12,"end":57.98,"text":"You also stand for that strong kind of leadership, which we all want to be sure that we have justice with law and order throughout this country."},{"start":58.18,"end":63.03,"text":"Well, Mr. President, we have a number of other people here in Georgia who stand for those very same things."},{"start":63.05,"end":66.73,"text":"And I'm mighty proud of the fact that they're working for us."},{"start":66.77,"end":67.59,"text":"They're helping us."},{"start":67.61,"end":69.91,"text":"We've got some of the most dedicated volunteers."},{"start":70.64,"end":74.48,"text":"I sincerely believe that this is going to be an historic election in Georgia."},{"start":75.14,"end":78.82,"text":"And it's a happy day for me."},{"start":78.84,"end":81.35,"text":"And I'm very proud, of course, to have your backing."},{"start":81.39,"end":84.73,"text":"And I know the people of Georgia are going to give you a resounding"},{"start":85.05,"end":87.45,"text":"vote next Tuesday."},{"start":87.47,"end":90.53,"text":"I hope that they also will give a resounding vote to myself."},{"start":90.55,"end":90.99,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":91.44,"end":93.12,"text":"We're going to have to wait and see."},{"start":93.14,"end":97.06,"text":"Let me say, you just keep right on working because I think you can win."},{"start":98.08,"end":109,"text":"It's a tight race and say that after that marvelous welcome that we will never forget in Atlanta, I think that the Thompson-Nixon team will come through on November the 7th."},{"start":109.42,"end":111.04,"text":"Well, thank you very much, Mr. President."},{"start":111.06,"end":112.86,"text":"We certainly appreciate your calling."},{"start":113.4,"end":118.4,"text":"We'll be working for you down here, and as I said, we've got an awful lot of people helping me as well."},{"start":119.24,"end":119.72,"text":"Okay."},{"start":120.1,"end":120.52,"text":"Goodbye."},{"start":120.83,"end":121.57,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this call to Georgia Congressman S. Fletcher Thompson to express his support for Thompson's candidacy during the final days of the 1972 election cycle. The two discussed their shared political platform, specifically emphasizing peace with honor, national strength, and the enforcement of law and order. Nixon encouraged Thompson to continue his campaign efforts in Georgia, expressing optimism that the \"Thompson-Nixon\" ticket would succeed in the upcoming vote.","topics":["1972 Election","Georgia politics","S. 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