{"conversationCode":"153-017","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-017","startDateTime":"1972-11-14T19:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-14T19:24:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1972","startTime":"2:22 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm. 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(“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 224-23]\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with Halderman\n                  -Length\n            -Meeting with Patrick J.Buchanan\n                  -Arrival\n                         -Time\n                  -Dinner\n                  -Time\n                         -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n                         -Washington, DC.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       1972 Election\n            -Thank you letters\n                  -Location\n                       -Rose Mary Woods\n                  -Form letters\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["153-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"153-016","nextCode":"153-018","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":2.23,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.25,"end":2.49,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.71,"end":5.83,"text":"Just to interrupt you for a couple of minutes."},{"start":5.85,"end":13.74,"text":"With regard to this meeting, you'll come in around 3.30, and we'll probably go to about an hour, don't you think?"},{"start":13.76,"end":13.94,"text":"Right."},{"start":13.96,"end":15.02,"text":"That's what I was going to say."},{"start":15.08,"end":15.66,"text":"Take about an hour."},{"start":16.54,"end":16.66,"text":"Fine."},{"start":17.54,"end":30.16,"text":"I was wondering if possibly we could get Buchanan to come up."},{"start":30.88,"end":35.02,"text":"so that I could go over the things that I want him to work on."},{"start":35.04,"end":35.26,"text":"Sure."},{"start":36.74,"end":40.93,"text":"Perhaps he could be here then say at 4.30."},{"start":40.95,"end":41.19,"text":"Okay."},{"start":41.33,"end":41.83,"text":"4.30."},{"start":41.97,"end":43.31,"text":"Could he make—yeah, that's easy."},{"start":43.33,"end":44.45,"text":"It's only 2.30 there now."},{"start":44.47,"end":45.13,"text":"Yep."},{"start":45.16,"end":45.98,"text":"Fine."},{"start":46,"end":48.42,"text":"The other thing is— Do you want him for dinner or just— No, no, no."},{"start":48.44,"end":49.36,"text":"I don't want anybody for dinner."},{"start":49.38,"end":49.58,"text":"Right."},{"start":49.9,"end":51.3,"text":"I just want him to come and then he can eat."},{"start":51.76,"end":53.32,"text":"But he can have dinner someplace else."},{"start":53.36,"end":54.43,"text":"He'll want to go back down."},{"start":54.65,"end":54.87,"text":"Sure."},{"start":56.55,"end":57.99,"text":"Or he can come tomorrow if that's easier."},{"start":58.19,"end":58.91,"text":"Maybe that's easier."},{"start":59.57,"end":62.63,"text":"Maybe it's so late, let's have him come tomorrow and part of that deal."},{"start":63.43,"end":64.87,"text":"We're seeing Agnew in the morning."},{"start":64.89,"end":66.95,"text":"He could come in the afternoon tomorrow."},{"start":67.44,"end":67.54,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":67.56,"end":67.66,"text":"Okay."},{"start":68.68,"end":70.7,"text":"I could have started on that stuff."},{"start":70.72,"end":74.12,"text":"Do you have to do it a little earlier than—do it at three o'clock tomorrow?"},{"start":74.14,"end":74.48,"text":"Oh, yes."},{"start":74.58,"end":75.65,"text":"Yeah, sure."},{"start":75.67,"end":75.93,"text":"Sure."},{"start":75.95,"end":77.83,"text":"So he can go and then get back to Washington."},{"start":78.43,"end":79.37,"text":"What is the situation?"},{"start":80.23,"end":82.01,"text":"I can't seem to find these forum letters."},{"start":82.11,"end":88.98,"text":"They've been sent up to me yet that they're working on, you know, to thank people for their campaign efforts or— Let me check."},{"start":89.75,"end":96.81,"text":"because I checked with Rosasov and she said that they were in your office or at least you had them."},{"start":96.83,"end":98.13,"text":"I don't know if there are any."},{"start":98.15,"end":98.91,"text":"I may have them then."},{"start":98.93,"end":106.12,"text":"Maybe they don't have them, but in any event send them over because I'm working on the forms, working on the mail stuff now and I want to see what they've suggested first."},{"start":106.47,"end":107.03,"text":"Okay."},{"start":107.05,"end":110.95,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the scheduling of meetings at Camp David, specifically planning a session for Patrick J. Buchanan to discuss future work assignments. The two agree to move Buchanan's visit to the following day to better align with the President's schedule, which includes a morning meeting with Vice President Spiro Agnew. Additionally, Nixon requests that Haldeman locate and forward draft form letters intended for post-election campaign acknowledgments.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Patrick J. 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