{"conversationCode":"045-211","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":211,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-211","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T21:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T21:26:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"5:23 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"5:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon;","description":"On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm. 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Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans\n                  -Outcome\n            -Popular reaction\n                  -Support for President\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1B\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1 m 58 s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1B\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n       Republican dinner\n            -Ovation\n                  -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis\n                        -Reaction\n                              -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II\n                  -Press reports\n\n       Watergate\n            -Outcome\n                 -Advantage of time\n                      -Rest of President’s second term\n\f                                            -136-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 45-211 (cont’d)\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************","filename":["045-211.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"045-210","nextCode":"045-212","transcript":[{"start":10.19,"end":17.28,"text":"Well, I just want to tell you now, don't worry about, you know, the poor old Mitchell and Stan's got invited to the best cookies, but everything's going to come out all right."},{"start":17.94,"end":18.34,"text":"Sure it will."},{"start":18.78,"end":19.46,"text":"I know it will."},{"start":19.5,"end":20.12,"text":"Don't you feel that way?"},{"start":20.92,"end":21.82,"text":"Daddy, I know it will."},{"start":22.12,"end":22.88,"text":"I just know it will."},{"start":22.9,"end":23.86,"text":"The people are for us."},{"start":24.1,"end":25.31,"text":"Yes, I say really hard."},{"start":25.33,"end":27.13,"text":"That's all I hear wherever I go."},{"start":27.15,"end":27.73,"text":"What do you hear?"},{"start":28.15,"end":34.38,"text":"Just say, you know, what a shame, and we just, we love your father, and we just think he's doing such a great job, and"},{"start":34.67,"end":35.08,"text":"Right."},{"start":35.4,"end":38.41,"text":"And even a couple people say it, don't let him get depressed."},{"start":38.43,"end":39.15,"text":"Right, that's good."},{"start":39.39,"end":41.54,"text":"And that's true, because you have to."},{"start":41.7,"end":46.8,"text":"Well, you tell everybody that, my God, we're going to meet these people and, I mean, you know, do the right thing."},{"start":56.78,"end":59.48,"text":"We had a tremendous ovation last night at the Republican dinner."},{"start":59.51,"end":60.41,"text":"We read all about it."},{"start":60.57,"end":61.65,"text":"It sounded fabulous."},{"start":61.67,"end":70.52,"text":"And then let me see, who was, oh, Hope Lewis was talking to Daddy and just said it was a great reception, and that your speech was strong and so well received."},{"start":70.54,"end":71.22,"text":"Who was he talking to?"},{"start":72.14,"end":73.16,"text":"Who, Hope Lewis?"},{"start":73.18,"end":74.48,"text":"He was talking to who?"},{"start":74.74,"end":75.96,"text":"I guess David, I don't know."},{"start":75.98,"end":79.23,"text":"Oh, David, yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":79.25,"end":80.09,"text":"Yeah, it went fine."},{"start":81.98,"end":86.84,"text":"Well, you know, all this will pass."},{"start":87.03,"end":89.93,"text":"In four or five months, they won't remember what the hell Watergate was all about."},{"start":89.95,"end":91.63,"text":"It'll take that long, though."},{"start":91.75,"end":93.52,"text":"Of course it will."},{"start":93.62,"end":96.58,"text":"Time is on our side because we have three and a half more years."},{"start":96.92,"end":97.5,"text":"That's right."},{"start":97.53,"end":98.53,"text":"And there's a lot to do in three and a half years."},{"start":98.55,"end":99.07,"text":"That's right."},{"start":99.47,"end":100.13,"text":"Okay, sweetie."},{"start":100.49,"end":100.59,"text":"Okay."},{"start":100.69,"end":100.99,"text":"Bye."},{"start":101.49,"end":102.47,"text":"We love you, Daddy."},{"start":103.82,"end":104.78,"text":"See you soon."},{"start":104.8,"end":104.88,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discussed the political climate surrounding the Watergate scandal, specifically referencing the recent indictments of John Mitchell and Maurice Stans. The President sought reassurance regarding public sentiment and expressed optimism that the scandal would fade from public consciousness within several months. 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