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Dreyfus\n                      -Presidential gifts\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/04/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[272-008-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 20s]\n\n     President’s previous trip to New Hampshire and Maine\n           -Minot Island\n                -Weather\n                -Walks\n\n     Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule\n\n     Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     John B. Connally\n\n     Arthur F. Burns\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Woods’ forthcoming conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Appointment\n         -Unknown man\n              -Recommendation\n              -Nomination\n                   -Herbert G. Klein","filename":["272-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:25:34","tapeEnd":"00:32:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"272-007","nextCode":"272-009","transcript":[{"start":7.3,"end":9.49,"text":"Hi, Rose."},{"start":10.39,"end":14.29,"text":"I want to take a look at your check, right?"},{"start":14.31,"end":15.49,"text":"Your check."},{"start":15.52,"end":19.16,"text":"Your check."},{"start":22.48,"end":35.74,"text":"Mine, I don't... Could not have been... Could not have been more... Could not have been more..."},{"start":39.69,"end":65.73,"text":"the house, the light, and the scenery, and the surroundings, the scenery are absolutely fantastic."},{"start":66.06,"end":89.91,"text":"had an eye on Holy Grail."},{"start":89.93,"end":91.14,"text":"Had an eye on Holy Grail and they were most grateful for it."},{"start":91.16,"end":91.7,"text":"You know, they showed that."},{"start":91.72,"end":94.18,"text":"And the rest, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,"},{"start":94.6,"end":120.41,"text":"a lot of staying, and finding the most ethical way to add anything to a house, which impacts everything, and anybody who's out there."},{"start":120.43,"end":122.5,"text":"However, I'd like to under-celebrate, we're getting the President to shoot glasses."},{"start":125.19,"end":146.37,"text":"."},{"start":146.39,"end":146.41,"text":"."},{"start":146.43,"end":146.45,"text":"."},{"start":146.47,"end":146.49,"text":"."},{"start":146.51,"end":146.53,"text":"."},{"start":157.21,"end":174.68,"text":"Well, there it is."},{"start":174.74,"end":178.39,"text":"That's a beautiful place to walk, I suppose."},{"start":187.88,"end":215.11,"text":"Incidentally, it seems to be working out quite well."},{"start":215.13,"end":215.9,"text":"Trish has been to a lot of the groups."},{"start":215.91,"end":216.46,"text":"I've been to a few of them."},{"start":216.47,"end":216.68,"text":"All right."},{"start":216.7,"end":216.9,"text":"All right."},{"start":216.92,"end":217.06,"text":"I know."},{"start":217.08,"end":217.22,"text":"I know."},{"start":217.24,"end":217.38,"text":"I know."},{"start":217.4,"end":217.54,"text":"I know."},{"start":217.56,"end":217.7,"text":"I know."},{"start":217.72,"end":217.86,"text":"I know."},{"start":218.09,"end":239.72,"text":"Julie will come by herself next year."},{"start":239.74,"end":241.22,"text":"It is very important to have somebody there to help you out."},{"start":241.24,"end":242.46,"text":"So, you know, it's not, you know, it's not hard."},{"start":248.4,"end":251.72,"text":"Oh, yeah, sure."},{"start":255.34,"end":258.45,"text":"Sure."},{"start":258.47,"end":271.44,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":274.05,"end":274.15,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":274.17,"end":274.99,"text":"Oh, sure."},{"start":275.01,"end":275.11,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":275.13,"end":275.25,"text":"Right."},{"start":275.27,"end":275.39,"text":"Right."},{"start":275.41,"end":275.53,"text":"Right."},{"start":275.55,"end":275.67,"text":"Right."},{"start":276.68,"end":305.67,"text":"I don't know what you're saying."},{"start":305.69,"end":306.55,"text":"I don't know what way you're working on it."},{"start":307.32,"end":312.28,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":312.56,"end":317.67,"text":"Why don't you, why don't you talk about ."},{"start":336.35,"end":356,"text":"Sure, that's all right."},{"start":358.04,"end":358.72,"text":"Well, whatever."},{"start":358.74,"end":359.84,"text":"Yeah, no, do you like me anything?"},{"start":362.86,"end":366.41,"text":"He's our friend, absolutely."},{"start":393,"end":394.88,"text":"I think it's done."},{"start":394.96,"end":398.43,"text":"I think it's done, actually."},{"start":398.67,"end":410.79,"text":"What I had to do, I think, was find this machine that does it."},{"start":410.81,"end":411.59,"text":"You can check with the client's office."},{"start":411.61,"end":415.07,"text":"I was done."},{"start":415.09,"end":415.59,"text":"But I think it's done."},{"start":415.61,"end":416.37,"text":"You had it nominated, too."},{"start":424.52,"end":426.72,"text":"Okay, just wait."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to discuss personal administrative matters and the logistics of recent presidential travel. 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