{"conversationCode":"056-006","tapeNumber":56,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-056-006","startDateTime":"1971-05-11T13:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T03:59:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1971","startTime":"9:45 AM","endDate":"11-May-1971","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 11, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 11:59 pm. 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I got 'em."},{"start":3864.5,"end":3867.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"The other one's the basketball."},{"start":3867.5,"end":3872.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Oh, yes, because that's that one. Okay. All right."},{"start":3889.5,"end":3894.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"I just hope it works. Trust. Trust."},{"start":3905.5,"end":3910.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Something in the box come on in the Oval Office, wasn't there? Well, it's like a television."},{"start":3922.5,"end":3930.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Yes, yes. Oh yeah, they [unintelligible]"},{"start":3930.5,"end":3936.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Thanks very much, it's a great pleasure."},{"start":3936.5,"end":3942.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Now who's the- who are the others now? Bob. Oh, you're Bob. Oh come here Bob, I gotta get a special one for you."},{"start":3942.5,"end":3959.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Now Bob, what is our date, May 2nd? So this is a salute [unintelligible] your day, but we hope it will be the national tradition now that you think it's a good idea, Bob? Right here is 1971. You can have this one, Bob. Thanks very much."},{"start":3959.5,"end":3960.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Sure."},{"start":3960.5,"end":3961.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Right here, that one."},{"start":3961.5,"end":3962.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Good."},{"start":3962.5,"end":3963.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":3963.5,"end":3966.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Well here, put it in the box too, yeah."},{"start":3966.5,"end":3971.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"That's the trust mark."},{"start":3971.5,"end":3976.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Okay. Well, maybe I'm going to wish you well."},{"start":3976.5,"end":3979.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"See some of you tonight, I think. Thank you sir."},{"start":3979.5,"end":3981.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Thank you. [laughter]"},{"start":3981.5,"end":3983.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Three letters. [laughter]"},{"start":3983.5,"end":3988.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"That means the domestic is free to go on, yeah."},{"start":4001.5,"end":4009.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"At least the highlights in the report. Or I like for you to give them. Yes."},{"start":4009.5,"end":4036.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Frankly, the report that uh Mr. Finch made uh slightly varied out the stuff [unintelligible] and then, the strange thing about the the build, which took about an hour, mostly in an encouraging tone. And walked in about an hour later, and asked the questions that [unintelligible] and they had particular interest in [unintelligible]"},{"start":4036.5,"end":4039.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"That, and the other one."},{"start":4040.5,"end":4042.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Watch it."},{"start":4043.5,"end":4044.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Watch it."},{"start":4045.5,"end":4046.5,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Good."}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:37:46.833Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/056-006-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/056-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/056/conversation-056-006","catalogNaId":417174165,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417174165","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}