{"conversationCode":"068-004","tapeNumber":68,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-068-004","startDateTime":"1971-08-05T21:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-05T22:20:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Aug-1971","startTime":"5:22 PM","endDate":"5-Aug-1971","endTime":"6:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 5, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:20 pm. 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Segment\ncleared for release.]\n[Non-Historical]\n[068-004-w001]\n[Duration: 2m 2s]\n\n     Cleaning\n\n     Unknown person’s eating habits\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Security clearance\n          -Other jobs\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown people left at an unknown time before 6:20 pm","filename":["068-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"068-003","nextCode":"068-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":18.19,"text":"All right."},{"start":18.21,"end":18.85,"text":"You didn't screw today, did you?"},{"start":18.87,"end":19.51,"text":"You didn't screw today, did you?"},{"start":19.53,"end":19.91,"text":"Are you up to shit?"},{"start":24.64,"end":53.26,"text":"I don't think there's nothing I can do."},{"start":56.06,"end":76.4,"text":"Oh, lookie, lookie."},{"start":76.42,"end":76.94,"text":"Is that George right here?"},{"start":76.96,"end":77.14,"text":"Isn't he?"},{"start":77.16,"end":77.6,"text":"Oh, that's Josh, yeah."},{"start":77.62,"end":78.76,"text":"I don't think I have any shortage here this time of year."},{"start":78.78,"end":78.88,"text":"Okay."},{"start":78.9,"end":79.7,"text":"I'm just crazy when it comes down to it."},{"start":79.72,"end":79.82,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":79.84,"end":81.27,"text":"We used to start every time we met, so it's been an actually long time."},{"start":81.29,"end":81.71,"text":"Just throw it around."},{"start":81.73,"end":82.25,"text":"That's what we used to do."},{"start":82.27,"end":82.37,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":83.51,"end":106.88,"text":"Billy got in the door."},{"start":106.9,"end":107.4,"text":"Yeah, that's what I said."},{"start":107.42,"end":108.4,"text":"We had to go through the same thing and get back."},{"start":108.42,"end":108.54,"text":"Right."},{"start":108.56,"end":108.97,"text":"We were all baffled."},{"start":108.98,"end":109.08,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":109.11,"end":109.41,"text":"About the door."},{"start":109.42,"end":109.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":109.55,"end":110.23,"text":"I had to look through it on paper."},{"start":110.25,"end":110.35,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":110.37,"end":110.95,"text":"I'm paying a job for you all."},{"start":110.97,"end":111.17,"text":"That's it."},{"start":111.19,"end":111.39,"text":"That's it."},{"start":111.41,"end":111.57,"text":"Oh, man."},{"start":111.59,"end":112.37,"text":"Somebody else put his leg on something."},{"start":112.39,"end":112.49,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":121.97,"end":122.87,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"This recording captures informal, non-substantive interactions among unidentified individuals gathering in the Cabinet Room. The dialogue consists primarily of casual chatter, lighthearted banter, and logistical remarks regarding room access and personal routines. 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