{"conversationCode":"039-011","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-011","startDateTime":"1973-05-24T21:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-24T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"24-May-1973","startTime":"5:39 PM","endDate":"24-May-1973","endTime":"5:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon;","description":"On May 24, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:41 pm. 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Faint music and voices can be heard in the background.\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n       Exclamation\n\nThe telephone line remained engaged. Music can be heard in the background.","filename":["039-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"039-010","nextCode":"039-012","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":1.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.45,"end":2.79,"text":"Patricia is calling you, sir."},{"start":2.81,"end":2.91,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.97,"end":5.09,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.36,"end":5.76,"text":"Daddy?"},{"start":6.32,"end":7.28,"text":"Hi, honey."},{"start":7.3,"end":7.98,"text":"Patricia, hi."},{"start":8,"end":8.06,"text":"Hi."},{"start":8.08,"end":10.7,"text":"We went over to the reception."},{"start":11.78,"end":12.6,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":12.62,"end":12.76,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":13.02,"end":15.31,"text":"And we heard all the great reports about your talk."},{"start":15.51,"end":15.97,"text":"Oh, great."},{"start":15.99,"end":17.45,"text":"The returnees."},{"start":17.47,"end":19.79,"text":"And they said that you got four standing ovations."},{"start":20.11,"end":21.05,"text":"Well, that was very good."},{"start":21.21,"end":21.57,"text":"It really was."},{"start":21.59,"end":22.55,"text":"And they all love you."},{"start":22.71,"end":25.94,"text":"All the wives were around saying that."},{"start":25.92,"end":27.58,"text":"Everybody who came through the line said that."},{"start":27.66,"end":28.83,"text":"Wow, that's great."},{"start":28.85,"end":30.03,"text":"So it was just great."},{"start":30.57,"end":31.62,"text":"And the press was there."},{"start":31.64,"end":36.1,"text":"And it was such a riot that if you ever heard the shouting Baptist..."},{"start":36.35,"end":42.23,"text":"The minister will get up and say something, and then the congregation will say, yeah, that's right, and all that, and right on and all."},{"start":42.89,"end":47.38,"text":"Well, they were asking me about different things, so I was just saying something about some of the great things you've done and all."},{"start":48.08,"end":53.66,"text":"And all the POWs will rise around it and say, that's right, he's the greatest president our country's ever had, and things like that."},{"start":54.55,"end":55.77,"text":"So they're really great people."},{"start":56.83,"end":57.87,"text":"Aren't they great, though?"},{"start":57.89,"end":58.53,"text":"Yeah, they really are."},{"start":58.55,"end":59.67,"text":"Well, it's a great day."},{"start":59.69,"end":60.21,"text":"It'll be."},{"start":60.85,"end":63.66,"text":"You know, honey, the press will not report much of this."},{"start":64.04,"end":64.92,"text":"Oh, I know that."},{"start":65.54,"end":68.7,"text":"give a goddamn, because it'll get her out in the country eventually."},{"start":68.72,"end":70.47,"text":"The word gets out."},{"start":70.49,"end":71.07,"text":"And that's fine."},{"start":71.09,"end":73.13,"text":"But anyway, it's really nice to know that."},{"start":73.15,"end":74.19,"text":"It's good to have such a great day."},{"start":74.27,"end":74.85,"text":"Yes, it is."},{"start":74.97,"end":75.69,"text":"It really is."},{"start":75.87,"end":76.59,"text":"That's right."},{"start":77.32,"end":78.34,"text":"That's nice of you to call."},{"start":78.38,"end":80.32,"text":"What time are you, we're going to the dinner, are you?"},{"start":80.36,"end":81.5,"text":"Yeah, we're all going to the dinner."},{"start":81.52,"end":85.33,"text":"We're going to go down about 10 of 8 and mingle for a while, and then you all will come down later."},{"start":85.35,"end":85.71,"text":"Right."},{"start":85.69,"end":86.45,"text":"Right."},{"start":86.47,"end":87.95,"text":"So we basically met all the wives."},{"start":89.16,"end":89.4,"text":"Right."},{"start":89.48,"end":91.29,"text":"So then we'll meet some other people tonight."},{"start":91.31,"end":92.29,"text":"All right, sweetie."},{"start":92.31,"end":93.31,"text":"We'll see you tonight, Daddy."},{"start":93.35,"end":94.16,"text":"Thank you, sweetie."},{"start":94.26,"end":94.84,"text":"Thanks for calling."},{"start":94.88,"end":95.9,"text":"Okay, bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discuss the positive reception of the President's recent remarks at a White House reception for former prisoners of war. Tricia conveys the enthusiastic support she witnessed from the POWs and their wives, comparing the atmosphere to an energetic religious service. 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