{"conversationCode":"039-014","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-014","startDateTime":"1973-05-25T04:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-25T04:58:00.000Z","startDate":"25-May-1973","startTime":"12:57 AM","endDate":"25-May-1973","endTime":"12:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Cox, Tricia Nixon; Keyes, Paul W.;","description":"On May 25, 1973, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 12:57 am to 12:58 am. 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Cox\n\n       President’s location\n              -Lincoln Sitting Room\n\n       Former prisoners of war [POWs] dinner\n\f                                             -11-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 39-14 (cont’d)\n\n              -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s assessment\n              -John Wayne\n              -Keyes’s satisfaction\n              -Schedule","filename":["039-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Cox, Tricia Nixon","Keyes, Paul W."],"prevCode":"039-013","nextCode":"039-015","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.02,"end":2.28,"text":"Julie?"},{"start":2.54,"end":3.26,"text":"This is Patricia."},{"start":3.32,"end":3.84,"text":"Oh, Patricia."},{"start":4.32,"end":4.84,"text":"Paul Keyes."},{"start":4.86,"end":5.97,"text":"Was that the president?"},{"start":5.99,"end":7.01,"text":"Was he wanting to speak with him?"},{"start":7.27,"end":10.55,"text":"Yes, just a moment, please."},{"start":10.57,"end":11.55,"text":"He'll be right with you, sir."},{"start":16.02,"end":16.72,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":17.41,"end":19.14,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":19.16,"end":20.04,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":20.06,"end":20.4,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":20.64,"end":20.98,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":21.18,"end":21.52,"text":"Yes."},{"start":21.82,"end":22.98,"text":"Is this Paul?"},{"start":23,"end":23.16,"text":"Hi."},{"start":23.73,"end":23.97,"text":"Hi."},{"start":23.99,"end":25.27,"text":"This is Trisha."},{"start":25.31,"end":25.93,"text":"This is Trisha."},{"start":25.95,"end":26.49,"text":"How are you?"},{"start":26.69,"end":26.99,"text":"Fine."},{"start":27.01,"end":28.94,"text":"I was just sitting here as we're ready when you called me."},{"start":28.96,"end":29.96,"text":"Oh, really and truly."},{"start":30.1,"end":30.88,"text":"For heaven's sake."},{"start":31.16,"end":33.99,"text":"We're just up here with Daddy in the Lincoln City room."},{"start":33.97,"end":36.61,"text":"We just thought the whole show could not have been better."},{"start":36.63,"end":37.43,"text":"It was touching."},{"start":37.45,"end":38.39,"text":"It was beautiful."},{"start":38.43,"end":41.06,"text":"It was everything, as John Wayne said, everything."},{"start":41.66,"end":42.78,"text":"And it's just great."},{"start":42.8,"end":43.66,"text":"Well, thank you, darling."},{"start":43.8,"end":46.04,"text":"It was a great emotional experience for me."},{"start":46.46,"end":47.69,"text":"Oh, well."},{"start":47.7,"end":50.77,"text":"The evening got late, but it started late."},{"start":50.97,"end":51.59,"text":"That's right."},{"start":51.61,"end":54.59,"text":"It just couldn't have been improved upon."},{"start":54.61,"end":55.16,"text":"Well, I love you."},{"start":55.17,"end":55.62,"text":"That's very good."},{"start":55.63,"end":56.56,"text":"It really couldn't have been."},{"start":56.58,"end":56.98,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":57,"end":58.32,"text":"Well, listen, we'll see you soon."},{"start":58.34,"end":58.78,"text":"Okay, darling."},{"start":58.8,"end":59.84,"text":"Okay, great."},{"start":62.32,"end":62.4,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Tricia Nixon Cox and Paul W. Keyes spoke by telephone while the President was present in the Lincoln Sitting Room. The participants discussed the recent dinner for former prisoners of war, with Keyes and Cox exchanging mutual praise for the success of the event. The brief conversation centered on their satisfaction with the evening's emotional resonance, specifically noting the positive reaction from attendees like John Wayne.","topics":["POWs","Tricia Nixon Cox","Paul W. 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