{"conversationCode":"134-002","tapeNumber":134,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-134-002","startDateTime":"1972-06-24T13:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-24T13:14:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jun-1972","startTime":"9:12 AM","endDate":"24-Jun-1972","endTime":"9:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Campbell, Craig S.;","description":"On June 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Craig S. Campbell talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:12 am to 9:14 am. 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Ziegler's recommendation\n                -Press coverage\n          -Time of departure","filename":["134-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:47","tapeEnd":"00:02:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Campbell, Craig S."],"prevCode":"134-001","nextCode":"134-003","transcript":[{"start":3.21,"end":4.65,"text":"If you'd like me to come back, sir."},{"start":4.75,"end":6.32,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":6.33,"end":7.32,"text":"Just give me the word."},{"start":7.38,"end":8,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":8.02,"end":9.92,"text":"Mr. Ellington is up here, and there are two options."},{"start":9.98,"end":10.2,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":10.24,"end":13.96,"text":"He recommends Steelton, Pennsylvania, which is up on the Susquehanna."},{"start":13.98,"end":15.36,"text":"There's a large pathway of steel there."},{"start":15.4,"end":15.64,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":15.66,"end":17.64,"text":"We can do it in about an hour and 10 minutes, hour and 15 minutes."},{"start":17.84,"end":18.28,"text":"Each way?"},{"start":18.32,"end":18.46,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":18.48,"end":18.6,"text":"Total."},{"start":18.7,"end":19.64,"text":"It's about 20 minutes up to here."},{"start":34.42,"end":35.52,"text":"We can go there."},{"start":35.55,"end":39.57,"text":"There are people in the area, and we'll see what it looks like when we get up there, and we could possibly land."},{"start":39.69,"end":41.91,"text":"If you want to do that, I don't know, but that's the possibility of it."},{"start":61.66,"end":62.04,"text":"And, uh..."},{"start":62.12,"end":62.62,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":62.7,"end":64.52,"text":"It's the one he recommends."},{"start":64.62,"end":69.22,"text":"Mr. Ziegler has recommended that we put full press on the airplane."},{"start":69.35,"end":69.97,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":70.01,"end":72.79,"text":"We have a little plane at about 10 o'clock."},{"start":72.81,"end":75.61,"text":"Uh, what time do you have now?"},{"start":75.67,"end":76.57,"text":"It's, uh, 9.15 right now, sir."},{"start":76.61,"end":77.37,"text":"Well, let's make it."},{"start":77.45,"end":80.47,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":80.53,"end":81.49,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":81.55,"end":82.71,"text":"All right."},{"start":83.11,"end":84.17,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Craig S. 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