{"conversationCode":"270-011","tapeNumber":270,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-270-011","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T21:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"5:10 PM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:10 pm to 5:25 pm. 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Agnew\n                     -Africa trip\n                           -Newsweek article\n                                 -Meeting with Jomo Kenyatta\n                                       -Duration\n                                 -Response\n                                       -Letter form Ambassador [Robinson McIlvaine]\n                                 -Inaccuracies\n               -Pakistan\n               -Rev. John J. McLaughlin\n                     -Kevin Phillips’ article\n                           -Lectures\n                           -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n               -[Unintelligible]\n          -Material\n          -Possible questions\n               -PRC and Taiwan, Republic of China\n                     -United Nations [UN] Security Council Seat\n                           -National Security Council [NSC]\n                                 -William P. Rogers\n                           -Possible answer\n                                 -Rogers\n\nBuchanan left at 5:25 pm.","filename":["270-011-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:15","tapeEnd":"01:01:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"270-010","nextCode":"270-012","tapeTranscriptFile":"270a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3122.18,"end":3143.95,"text":"I understand that, but I don't really care."},{"start":3143.99,"end":3145.72,"text":"Because I... Well, you know, I'm not sure that... Yeah."},{"start":3145.74,"end":3146.08,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3146.12,"end":3146.4,"text":"Good."},{"start":3146.42,"end":3147.14,"text":"Everything here?"},{"start":3147.16,"end":3147.5,"text":"Pretty much."},{"start":3147.56,"end":3147.98,"text":"Pretty much so."},{"start":3155.65,"end":3161.48,"text":"He said he knew, uh, he started to comment."},{"start":3161.56,"end":3162.06,"text":"Okay."},{"start":3224.62,"end":3226.5,"text":"What does it say if you go back in?"},{"start":3226.64,"end":3227.93,"text":"Uh, I can see it."},{"start":3254.73,"end":3256.4,"text":"Oh, well, we didn't get any money."},{"start":3300.09,"end":3302.25,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":3342.66,"end":3344.94,"text":"What parts of the future do you think are going to go away?"},{"start":3345,"end":3345.42,"text":"What's that?"},{"start":3345.48,"end":3346.57,"text":"But we're in action."},{"start":3346.61,"end":3349.51,"text":"How long do you say you're going to be in action?"},{"start":3349.55,"end":3351.83,"text":"I don't know how we're going to be in action."},{"start":3351.95,"end":3354.45,"text":"We're doing the hatchet job today."},{"start":3354.49,"end":3356.21,"text":"Oh, it's horrible."},{"start":3356.29,"end":3361.39,"text":"I don't think that I've been frustrated with the efforts of each other."},{"start":3361.55,"end":3366.65,"text":"I've made a couple of mistakes, but it's going to go on."},{"start":3366.67,"end":3369.16,"text":"Do you think you're going to stay back until you're out of this?"},{"start":3369.26,"end":3369.72,"text":"Well, I don't know."},{"start":3370.51,"end":3370.53,"text":"."},{"start":3370.55,"end":3370.57,"text":"."},{"start":3370.61,"end":3370.69,"text":"."},{"start":3370.71,"end":3370.73,"text":"."},{"start":3370.75,"end":3370.77,"text":"."},{"start":3370.79,"end":3370.81,"text":"."},{"start":3370.83,"end":3370.85,"text":"."},{"start":3400.48,"end":3401.84,"text":"They've got to rely on their pain control."},{"start":3401.86,"end":3402.62,"text":"They don't know how to do it."},{"start":3402.66,"end":3403.8,"text":"They don't know how to do it."},{"start":3403.88,"end":3404.9,"text":"They can't rely on it."},{"start":3404.92,"end":3405.24,"text":"They lose."},{"start":3405.42,"end":3408.1,"text":"And that will be calculated for both the rhinoceros and the musketeer."},{"start":3408.22,"end":3409.02,"text":"But it's quite a study."},{"start":3457.71,"end":3466.8,"text":"We're all set there."},{"start":3469.04,"end":3476.35,"text":"Going to where we go."},{"start":3476.73,"end":3480.85,"text":"Bill is just chomping up."},{"start":3482.61,"end":3487.57,"text":"Just start telling them that it's sex lectures and stuff."},{"start":3487.61,"end":3492.46,"text":"Got some of the lecture background material."},{"start":3492.48,"end":3493.34,"text":"The price is very similar."},{"start":3518.15,"end":3518.31,"text":"What?"},{"start":3601.9,"end":3618.47,"text":"Well, that I think I'm not going to say anything because I remember that Rogers was covered."},{"start":3626.93,"end":3628.65,"text":"about what's going to happen this period of time."},{"start":3628.67,"end":3631.38,"text":"Yeah, we're not doing any further than that this time, 100%."},{"start":3631.42,"end":3632.06,"text":"What was that?"},{"start":3632.4,"end":3636.48,"text":"Just say we're not doing any further than that this time."},{"start":3636.5,"end":3641.45,"text":"I didn't just say that, you know, that the Secretary should, you know, move further."},{"start":3641.47,"end":3646.95,"text":"The situation is all for security, we're moving further not to do any further than that."},{"start":3647.29,"end":3649.07,"text":"It's a very tough report to make."},{"start":3663.65,"end":3687.1,"text":"Looking at the Pakistan with regard to the arms, what really is, what are the or economic embargo or both?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3135,"end":3664,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Patrick J. 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