{"conversationCode":"037-159","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":159,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-159","startDateTime":"1973-03-19T22:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-19T22:55:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1973","startTime":"5:54 PM","endDate":"19-Mar-1973","endTime":"5:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:54 pm to 5:55 pm. 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Shultz\n                     -Arrival\n                     -Briefing\n                             -Treasury Department\n                             -International monetary situation\n                     -Dictation\n\n       President's schedule\n              -California\n\f                                            - 109 -\n\n                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["037-159.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"037-158","nextCode":"037-160","transcript":[{"start":1.28,"end":27.22,"text":"yeah yes sir steve bill we are uh we're going to change the cabinet thing that's uh i'll give you i'll listen john i'll talk to you john i'll talk to you about it all right steve we'll send a memo to the cabinet um first thing in the morning and advise them that uh we are not going to have it and that we're going to arrange and and tell them the reasons why"},{"start":27.74,"end":30.52,"text":"I'll dictate that when I get back to the office."},{"start":30.54,"end":30.88,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":30.9,"end":32.65,"text":"It'll go out over your signature then?"},{"start":32.79,"end":34.33,"text":"And then, well, I don't know."},{"start":34.35,"end":35.25,"text":"We'll see about that."},{"start":35.75,"end":47.61,"text":"But in any event, then we'll arrange with George when he gets here Friday to brief them on the world monetary situation at the Treasury early the following week."},{"start":47.63,"end":48.87,"text":"He'll be notified on that."},{"start":50.51,"end":51.61,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":51.63,"end":53.35,"text":"So I'll dictate something as soon as I get back."},{"start":53.7,"end":54.3,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":54.56,"end":57.24,"text":"And then, hold on just a second."},{"start":60.21,"end":66.71,"text":"And we'll hold the following schedule in advance and let them know from California."},{"start":67.21,"end":67.82,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":67.84,"end":68.1,"text":"Okay."},{"start":68.18,"end":68.9,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, John Ehrlichman, and Stephen Bull coordinated a last-minute cancellation of a scheduled Cabinet meeting. 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