{"conversationCode":"324-002","tapeNumber":324,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-324-002","startDateTime":"1972-03-17T22:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-17T22:32:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1972","startTime":"5:25 PM","endDate":"17-Mar-1972","endTime":"5:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm. 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Bull\n\nThe President talked with Bull between 5:29 pm and 5:30 pm.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[324-002-w001]\n[Duration: 13s]\n\n[Conversation No. 324-002A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 021-104]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Forthcoming dinner\n                -Photographs\n                      -Interpreter\n          -Conversation with Ronald S. Berman\n                -Books on French Revolution\n                      -Placement in Oval Office\n\f******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[324-002-w002]\n[Duration: 3s]\n\n     Request\n         -Coffee\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBull entered at an unknown time after 5:30 pm.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Barber\n               -Chevy Chase, Maryland\n          -John D. Ehrlichman\n               -Meeting with the President\n\nButterfield and Bull left at 5:32 pm.","filename":["324-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:48","tapeEnd":"00:04:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"324-001","nextCode":"324-003","transcript":[{"start":82.48,"end":100.25,"text":"Do you, uh, wouldn't you check to see whether the barter is around today?"},{"start":100.27,"end":100.85,"text":"Do you know where he is?"},{"start":100.87,"end":101.39,"text":"Uh, check and let me know."},{"start":101.41,"end":106.52,"text":"In the air on dinner, they're all just the standard form."},{"start":106.54,"end":109.08,"text":"That's what I put a place for that."},{"start":109.1,"end":109.74,"text":"We have an old one in the group."},{"start":109.76,"end":110.2,"text":"It won't be there yet."},{"start":110.22,"end":110.78,"text":"Yeah, it'll smoke real deep."},{"start":112.82,"end":131.56,"text":"And when you talked to Ron Furman the other day, I guess"},{"start":132.47,"end":149.79,"text":"Any?"},{"start":149.81,"end":155.56,"text":"Yeah, several books."},{"start":155.58,"end":155.82,"text":"Yeah, I did."},{"start":155.84,"end":156.38,"text":"No, I'm in the Oval Office."},{"start":159.2,"end":184.91,"text":"Give me some coffee, please."},{"start":185.81,"end":186.01,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":199.36,"end":219.63,"text":"What's that?"},{"start":219.65,"end":220.07,"text":"It would be too late."},{"start":220.09,"end":220.83,"text":"Tell him what about tomorrow morning."},{"start":220.85,"end":221.43,"text":"Whenever he wants to come in."},{"start":221.45,"end":222.03,"text":"When does he usually come in?"},{"start":222.05,"end":222.55,"text":"Does he live out of town?"},{"start":222.57,"end":223.13,"text":"He lives out in Chevy Chase."},{"start":223.15,"end":223.61,"text":"I'll tell him about it."},{"start":228.33,"end":236,"text":"General, or you were calling General before he was available, and he still needed it."},{"start":236.02,"end":236.91,"text":"But he was out, I believe, on the telephone."},{"start":236.93,"end":237.29,"text":"I worked with him."},{"start":237.31,"end":237.67,"text":"I worked with him."},{"start":237.69,"end":238.06,"text":"I worked with him."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to handle administrative tasks, including the signing of documents and scheduling matters. The discussion covered arrangements for an upcoming dinner involving an interpreter and the placement of books on the French Revolution in the Oval Office following a consultation with Ronald S. Berman. The President also coordinated logistics for personal services, specifically inquiring about his barber in Chevy Chase, and finalized plans for a meeting with John D. Ehrlichman.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Ronald S. Berman","John D. 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