{"conversationCode":"294-012","tapeNumber":294,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-294-012","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T17:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T17:46:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:42 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:46 pm. 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(President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"294-011","nextCode":"294-013","tapeTranscriptFile":"294a.mp3,294b.mp3,294c.mp3,294d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":12295.71,"end":12296.39,"text":"After his press conference."},{"start":12296.41,"end":12299.6,"text":"Well, about his doing his press conference Monday and then meeting with you on Tuesday."},{"start":12299.76,"end":12301.98,"text":"I would say that that would be fine with you."},{"start":12302,"end":12302.1,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12302.6,"end":12306.04,"text":"Monday would be a better day for his press conference."},{"start":12306.08,"end":12306.3,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12306.6,"end":12310.2,"text":"If he could do the press conference Monday and then meet with me."},{"start":12311.26,"end":12313,"text":"Or, if he wants to, to the King Winston."},{"start":12313.46,"end":12316.79,"text":"In other words, the second choice is where he can keep on listening."},{"start":12319.37,"end":12319.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12319.55,"end":12319.81,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12319.85,"end":12322.95,"text":"Which gives him the time and so forth to disavow."},{"start":12322.97,"end":12324.62,"text":"I'll vote, and I'm open to keep everything open."},{"start":12324.64,"end":12325.88,"text":"Because I've talked to him about me."},{"start":12325.92,"end":12329.54,"text":"I don't know if he's present or not."},{"start":12329.66,"end":12330.16,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":12332.53,"end":12341.95,"text":"One suggestion would be to do the press conference on April 18th and the press conference on April 16th."},{"start":12341.97,"end":12344.82,"text":"That would be a huge chance to see how many 90s and 90s."},{"start":12344.84,"end":12345.54,"text":"What do you think?"},{"start":12345.6,"end":12347.28,"text":"It would be an important job to do."},{"start":12347.4,"end":12350.28,"text":"And how is it?"},{"start":12350.32,"end":12350.62,"text":"What is it?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":12285,"end":12350,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to coordinate the President's upcoming professional schedule and administrative agenda. 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