{"conversationCode":"043-100","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":100,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-100","startDateTime":"1973-02-15T21:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-15T21:58:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1973","startTime":"4:57 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm. 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Ehrlichman\n\f                                             -57-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 43-100 (cont’d)\n\n             -William E. Timmons\n                   -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield\n             -Gray\n             -Cabinet meeting\n             -Soames\n             -Ehrlichman\n                   -Gray\n                         -Off the record\n                         -Off the calendar","filename":["043-100.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"043-099","nextCode":"043-101","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.96,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":4.94,"end":5.06,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.08,"end":6.62,"text":"Did I call you?"},{"start":6.76,"end":7.11,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8.43,"end":12.01,"text":"It was about, uh, Oh yes."},{"start":12.07,"end":13.25,"text":"The appointment tomorrow."},{"start":14.46,"end":17.74,"text":"Soames or are we committed to him?"},{"start":18.44,"end":22.25,"text":"Invited him, but we could do, I suggest that sir."},{"start":22.27,"end":26.29,"text":"Well, I guess we could do it, but is it a half hour or kind of a deal or?"},{"start":27.08,"end":31.79,"text":"Well, I guess I could do it and let somebody else do the cabinet thing for that."},{"start":32.95,"end":34.47,"text":"We can change it, Mr. President."},{"start":34.61,"end":35.9,"text":"I have to see Gray."},{"start":36.48,"end":38.44,"text":"This is Ehrlichman has somebody I have to see."},{"start":38.82,"end":42.77,"text":"Well, we'll just tell Soames that something came up and you couldn't... Well, no, no, no."},{"start":42.8,"end":44.31,"text":"I don't like to cancel something."},{"start":46.05,"end":47.45,"text":"I'll tell you what you could do, though."},{"start":50.34,"end":56.89,"text":"See if his appointment could be... Just a minute."},{"start":57.42,"end":64.52,"text":"We'll make gray at 9 o'clock."},{"start":64.74,"end":65.44,"text":"Wait a minute, wait a minute."},{"start":65.46,"end":66.42,"text":"The breakfast is at 9."},{"start":66.44,"end":68.34,"text":"Mr. President, Bill Timmons just called."},{"start":68.38,"end":70.35,"text":"Mansfield is out of the city until Sunday."},{"start":71.27,"end":71.63,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":71.65,"end":72.65,"text":"Well, then we have no breakfast."},{"start":72.67,"end":73.63,"text":"We have no breakfast."},{"start":73.65,"end":74.94,"text":"We'll just scrub the breakfast."},{"start":75.02,"end":75.24,"text":"Right."},{"start":75.72,"end":81.29,"text":"And then, therefore, we'll just move to..."},{"start":83.97,"end":85.29,"text":"You can do Gray at 9 o'clock."},{"start":85.37,"end":87.49,"text":"Gray at 9, and I'll go into the cabinet meeting."},{"start":88.01,"end":90.3,"text":"And then come right out and do Soames."},{"start":90.32,"end":90.68,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":90.7,"end":94.99,"text":"And that 9.30, the Soames thing is a visible reason for you to leave the cabinet room."},{"start":95.15,"end":95.27,"text":"Right."},{"start":95.29,"end":95.55,"text":"I understand."},{"start":95.57,"end":97.39,"text":"Do you want John Ehrlichman with you with Gray?"},{"start":98.73,"end":99.05,"text":"Yes, yes."},{"start":99.07,"end":101.22,"text":"And that's off the record and not on the count?"},{"start":101.24,"end":101.86,"text":"Just a minute."},{"start":103.9,"end":104,"text":"Okay."},{"start":104.02,"end":104.76,"text":"It's off the record."},{"start":105.12,"end":105.91,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":105.93,"end":106.33,"text":"All right."},{"start":106.35,"end":106.57,"text":"Fine."},{"start":106.59,"end":107.31,"text":"Thank you, Sean."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull coordinate the President's schedule, specifically addressing the cancellation of a breakfast meeting with Mike Mansfield and the subsequent rescheduling of appointments. The discussion focuses on finalizing a 9:00 a.m. meeting with L. Patrick Gray, accompanied by John Ehrlichman, followed by a meeting with Sir Christopher Soames. Nixon emphasizes keeping the Gray meeting off the record while utilizing the Soames appointment as a formal reason to depart from a scheduled Cabinet meeting.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","L. 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