{"conversationCode":"169-024","tapeNumber":169,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-169-024","startDateTime":"1973-06-20T16:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-20T16:22:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:20 PM","endDate":"20-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On June 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:20 pm to 12:22 pm. 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Patolichev\n          -Melvin R. Laird\n\n     John B. Connally\n          -Press conference\n                -National economy\n                -Role in White House staff\n                      -Haig’s assessment\n                      -Economic focus\n                      -San Clemente\n                      -Economic meeting\n                      -Advice to President\n\n     Jonathan Moore\n           -Telephone call from Haig\n\n     Connally\n          -Press conference","filename":["169-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"169-023","nextCode":"169-025","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.21,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":2.23,"end":3.53,"text":"Just wanted to know if we're still waiting."},{"start":3.55,"end":3.87,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.89,"end":5.42,"text":"Well, I think they're starting now."},{"start":5.5,"end":5.98,"text":"That's right."},{"start":7.4,"end":8.12,"text":"Sir, we're in no hurry."},{"start":8.42,"end":9.2,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.94,"end":11.3,"text":"You get a hold of Seth, please?"},{"start":11.32,"end":11.74,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":11.86,"end":13.09,"text":"I've got a call in to him now."},{"start":13.11,"end":16.71,"text":"He's in a meeting, sir, probably with Petelichick."},{"start":16.73,"end":17.07,"text":"Yes."},{"start":17.61,"end":20.61,"text":"I talked to Mel twice this morning."},{"start":20.63,"end":21.3,"text":"How's he doing?"},{"start":21.66,"end":22.46,"text":"He's doing fine."},{"start":23.72,"end":29.62,"text":"And Conley had his press conference, which was rather interesting."},{"start":29.64,"end":30.11,"text":"It was..."},{"start":31.55,"end":41.45,"text":"good on the economics, sort of ambivalent about the staff, about his utilization."},{"start":41.47,"end":44.31,"text":"He was a little ambivalent, but it's all right."},{"start":45.07,"end":51.2,"text":"It wasn't as strong as I'd like to see him be, but it wasn't hurtful either."},{"start":52.02,"end":57.89,"text":"Well, you mean it left his role for the year?"},{"start":57.91,"end":60.75,"text":"Yeah, it left the feeling that he could have"},{"start":61.27,"end":63.51,"text":"done more, could be doing more."},{"start":64.9,"end":67.28,"text":"That's right."},{"start":67.44,"end":73.73,"text":"And he said he hoped to be on his trip sometime late this summer."},{"start":75.57,"end":76.86,"text":"So it's all right."},{"start":77,"end":81.94,"text":"It generally did a damn good job on the economy, but"},{"start":82.33,"end":83.79,"text":"Yeah, that's really what we wanted."},{"start":83.85,"end":85.59,"text":"That's what we wanted from the staff thing."},{"start":85.61,"end":86.94,"text":"That's all the in-house stuff."},{"start":86.95,"end":87.96,"text":"That's right."},{"start":87.98,"end":91.12,"text":"And just so he's around and he'll be around."},{"start":91.86,"end":93.84,"text":"He made that clear in that he was here."},{"start":93.98,"end":97.77,"text":"Did he say he was going to send Quim anybody a chance?"},{"start":97.81,"end":98.87,"text":"No, he didn't say that."},{"start":98.89,"end":103.93,"text":"He said he sat in yesterday at some length on the economic meeting."},{"start":104.15,"end":110.52,"text":"He pointed out he had been advising you across a whole spectrum of things, organization, what have you."},{"start":111.88,"end":111.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":113.38,"end":115.9,"text":"Let's not worry about how that... No, no, no."},{"start":115.92,"end":117.08,"text":"It's all about more."},{"start":117.22,"end":118.69,"text":"Are you talking to him?"},{"start":118.71,"end":118.87,"text":"Not yet."},{"start":118.89,"end":120.61,"text":"Are you going to do that personally?"},{"start":120.65,"end":123.27,"text":"No, I'm going to do it this morning in the... Jonathan Moore?"},{"start":123.29,"end":123.73,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":123.99,"end":125.06,"text":"I'll have him in a few minutes."},{"start":125.74,"end":127.54,"text":"I've been listening to the Conway thing."},{"start":127.82,"end":129.64,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":129.66,"end":130.54,"text":"We piped up here."},{"start":130.56,"end":131.2,"text":"It's very..."},{"start":131.22,"end":131.76,"text":"It was good."},{"start":132.38,"end":132.6,"text":"All right."},{"start":132.85,"end":133.03,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig reviewed the results of a recent press conference held by John Connally, focusing on his remarks regarding the national economy and his future role on the White House staff. While Nixon expressed slight disappointment that Connally's comments on his staff involvement were not more assertive, they agreed his performance on economic messaging was effective. 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