{"conversationCode":"337-018","tapeNumber":337,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-337-018","startDateTime":"1972-05-10T17:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-10T19:35:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1972","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"10-May-1972","endTime":"3:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm. 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(“Bebe”) Rebozo\n           -Sequoia cruise\n           -Camp Hoover\n                -Work\n\n     Vietnam\n          -Prisoners of war [POWs]\n                -Importance","filename":["337a.mp3","337b.mp3","337c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:32:12","tapeEnd":"03:39:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"337-017","nextCode":"337-019","tapeTranscriptFile":"337a.mp3,337b.mp3,337c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":12855.86,"end":12858.95,"text":"Hi, did Larry do all right?"},{"start":12858.99,"end":12860.59,"text":"Good, good."},{"start":12860.63,"end":12862.03,"text":"All right."},{"start":12862.07,"end":12862.23,"text":"Good."},{"start":12862.25,"end":12863.01,"text":"Great, great, great."},{"start":12863.05,"end":12864.77,"text":"Glad to hear that."},{"start":12864.79,"end":12865.07,"text":"All right."},{"start":12865.09,"end":12871.8,"text":"You don't think it's too bad?"},{"start":12871.84,"end":12872.5,"text":"Well, it's great."},{"start":12872.52,"end":12873.52,"text":"A couple of them."},{"start":12873.56,"end":12875.08,"text":"All right."},{"start":12875.12,"end":12875.66,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12875.68,"end":12876,"text":"All right."},{"start":12893.41,"end":12893.71,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":12893.73,"end":12894.01,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":12941.86,"end":12943.42,"text":"They know I'm here to run the show."},{"start":12943.54,"end":12944.6,"text":"I think there's no problem with campaign."},{"start":13000.33,"end":13000.97,"text":"the other thing"},{"start":13031.55,"end":13035.17,"text":"I think that reading put too much on them, Bob, too, so that they're all the same."},{"start":13072.84,"end":13073.36,"text":"Thank you for watching."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":12732,"end":13173,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. 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