{"conversationCode":"277-025","tapeNumber":277,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-277-025","startDateTime":"1971-09-15T21:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-15T21:22:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:15 PM","endDate":"15-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:22 pm. 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(\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"277-024","nextCode":"277-026","tapeTranscriptFile":"277a.mp3,277b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7841.74,"end":7842,"text":"Ja."},{"start":7842.06,"end":7842.16,"text":"Ja."},{"start":7872.93,"end":7875.6,"text":"Yeah, just checking if you have any last-minute information."},{"start":7875.61,"end":7881.16,"text":"I guess you can't, really you can't."},{"start":7886.7,"end":7893.07,"text":"It's going to stay this way for another couple of months."},{"start":7894.63,"end":7896.03,"text":"And it's that way that's where y'all work."},{"start":7896.87,"end":7897.53,"text":"That's what I feel, you know."},{"start":7899.11,"end":7922.27,"text":"No, I didn't know about that."},{"start":7922.39,"end":7923.41,"text":"I hadn't seen."},{"start":8032.1,"end":8035.68,"text":"With their wives and for dinner."},{"start":8035.76,"end":8036.9,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":8036.94,"end":8039.9,"text":"That would be something to do all along the way."},{"start":8039.98,"end":8042.16,"text":"And let them spend the night."},{"start":8042.22,"end":8048.59,"text":"They could fly out for dinner, and they're just so excited to be able to come out and have dinner."},{"start":8048.77,"end":8050.89,"text":"And talk about the end date."},{"start":8050.93,"end":8053.09,"text":"That would be the least I can do."},{"start":8053.15,"end":8056.45,"text":"That would be the closest date to look up the end date."},{"start":8091.98,"end":8092.52,"text":"Why don't you let them..."},{"start":8092.58,"end":8093.42,"text":"I have them right here."},{"start":8122.87,"end":8123.39,"text":"All right."},{"start":8123.43,"end":8124.23,"text":"That's all good."},{"start":8124.31,"end":8124.97,"text":"All right."},{"start":8204.87,"end":8205.5,"text":"Ok, ok."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7800,"end":8210,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. 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