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Oh, they did."},{"start":11347.68,"end":11351.07,"text":"That's why I was calling to see what kind of a one they get off."},{"start":11356.86,"end":11363.56,"text":"Well, at least that's one day of it, huh?"},{"start":11364.68,"end":11366.34,"text":"Well, I think it's a good time to do it, don't you?"},{"start":11366.36,"end":11370,"text":"On the other side, by the way."},{"start":11376.34,"end":11382.41,"text":"Well, there, I think they're really, if your analysis may be correct, you know, they may be getting, trying to get to a bargaining position."},{"start":11390.07,"end":11393.63,"text":"We're going to be awful hard to negotiate with until at this point."},{"start":11393.73,"end":11397.29,"text":"There's no reason to get to go through that business of Paris again."},{"start":11398.03,"end":11401.68,"text":"I'm just out by me."},{"start":11404.28,"end":11406.19,"text":"No, they aren't interested in who did what and whom."},{"start":11406.27,"end":11412.26,"text":"They're only interested in, well, you remember, now is the time to have the benefit of what we did in October of 69, 70."},{"start":11412.34,"end":11420.31,"text":"Just put out a new peace plan, and then they will get a big play, and they will say they'll not answer it, and that's that."},{"start":11427.7,"end":11439.67,"text":"I would simply, without going into detail, I would simply say we have had 10 or 15 private meetings on this, and Matt has presented this all to them, and this is our offer."},{"start":11441.23,"end":11441.47,"text":"Yes."},{"start":11443.08,"end":11444.9,"text":"That's right."},{"start":11448.72,"end":11450.98,"text":"Correct."},{"start":11451.02,"end":11451.36,"text":"Correct."},{"start":11451.42,"end":11454.57,"text":"This strike will probably not be played in the papers until tomorrow."},{"start":11462.01,"end":11467.63,"text":"This is the one that hits mainly in the geopass area and that sort of place."},{"start":11467.67,"end":11476.62,"text":"Well, that was the purpose for getting there."},{"start":11476.66,"end":11480.46,"text":"You figured you could get some planes, knock out some planes."},{"start":11485.47,"end":11487.05,"text":"than nothing else in the world."},{"start":11487.19,"end":11491.79,"text":"I noticed that our Indian friends are having trouble, aren't they?"},{"start":11491.87,"end":11500.65,"text":"They're now admitting that they've got to stay in Bangladesh for a few months, right?"},{"start":11500.71,"end":11503.88,"text":"And then also telling Bhutto that he can't claim as part of that."},{"start":11503.92,"end":11507.56,"text":"Well, my God, I think Bhutto screams at the housetops about that."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11059.75,"end":11509,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss international strategy, shifting from casual holiday pleasantries to substantive foreign policy concerns. 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