{"conversationCode":"345-012","tapeNumber":345,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-345-012","startDateTime":"1972-06-29T19:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-29T20:35:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jun-1972","startTime":"3:50 PM","endDate":"29-Jun-1972","endTime":"4:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On June 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 4:35 pm. 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Colson entered at 3:55 pm.\n\n     President's press conference\n          -Colson's location\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 3m 57s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nHenry A. Kissinger entered at 4:00 pm.\n\n     Preparation for the President's forthcoming press conference\n          -Vietnam\n                -Negotiations with North Vietnam\n                      -Wording\n                -Troop withdrawal announcement\n                      -Kissinger’s view\n                      -Progress of talks\n                -Draftees\n                      -Navy\n                -Announcements\n          -Negotiations\n                -North Vietnamese posture\n                -North Vietnamese negotiator\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 4m 21s ]\n\nKISSINGER LEFT AT 4:10 PM.\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:10 pm.\n\n     Refreshment\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 7m 34s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     Price controls\n           -Albert E. Sindlinger poll\n           -George P. Shultz's analysis\n           -Farmers\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 7m 19s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nColson left at 4:35 pm.","filename":["345a.mp3","345b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:22:08","tapeEnd":"01:57:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Colson, Charles W.","Kissinger, Henry A.","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"345-011","nextCode":"345-013","tapeTranscriptFile":"345a.mp3,345b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":4945.52,"end":4951.22,"text":"Just have him call me on the phone, apparently."},{"start":4951.24,"end":4951.44,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4951.46,"end":4953.08,"text":"Do you want me to do it?"},{"start":4955.41,"end":4956.61,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":4956.63,"end":4958.11,"text":"I just want to do it."},{"start":5212.5,"end":5214.66,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":5214.7,"end":5215.82,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":5247.2,"end":5248.64,"text":"Yr hyn rydyn ni'n ei ddweud yw ein bod yn barod."},{"start":5249.66,"end":5252.47,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud hefyd, mae hynny'n ymddangos fel ddim."},{"start":5252.48,"end":5257.71,"text":"Ac rydyn ni'n deall nad oes unrhyw beth yn ymwneud â hynny."},{"start":5262.11,"end":5264.45,"text":"Yr hyn rydyn ni'n ei ddweud yw ein bod yn barod."},{"start":5264.52,"end":5265.98,"text":"Yr hyn rydyn ni'n ei ddweud yw ein bod yn barod."},{"start":5266,"end":5267.54,"text":"Ac rydyn ni'n deall nad oes unrhyw beth yn ymwneud â hynny."},{"start":5267.56,"end":5269.82,"text":"Ac rydyn ni'n deall nad oes unrhyw beth yn ymwneud â hynny."},{"start":5269.86,"end":5272.16,"text":"Ac rydyn ni'n deall nad oes unrhyw beth yn ymwneud â hynny."},{"start":5272.18,"end":5272.66,"text":"Ac rydyn ni'n de"},{"start":5274.37,"end":5275.39,"text":"ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5275.43,"end":5276.41,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5276.45,"end":5277.21,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5277.23,"end":5277.97,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5277.99,"end":5278.75,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5278.77,"end":5280.47,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5280.53,"end":5284.46,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5284.48,"end":5286.74,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5290.58,"end":5294.64,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5294.66,"end":5298.16,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5298.2,"end":5302.83,"text":"Ond rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r cyllideb."},{"start":5302.85,"end":5303.15,"text":"Ond ryd"},{"start":5304.44,"end":5309.78,"text":"Rydyn ni wedi cyfrannu'r negosiadau gyda'r rhain yn ystod y cyfnod."},{"start":5309.86,"end":5312.85,"text":"Rydyn ni ddim wedi cael rheswm i'w credu yn ystod y cyfnod."},{"start":5312.87,"end":5318.21,"text":"Rydyn ni ddim wedi cael rheswm i'w credu yn ystod y cyfnod."},{"start":5318.35,"end":5322.83,"text":"Rydyn ni ddim wedi cael rheswm i'w credu yn ystod y cyfnod."},{"start":5322.93,"end":5327.35,"text":"Rydyn ni ddim wedi cael rheswm i'w credu yn ystod y cyfnod."},{"start":5331.11,"end":5332.59,"text":"gyda'r ffermwyr sy'n gweithio'n bwysig 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draw,"},{"start":5388.63,"end":5398.14,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i ni ddweud y byddwn ni wedi gwneud unrhyw gwestiynau."},{"start":5398.2,"end":5403.08,"text":"O'r cyntaf, y byddwn ni wedi gwneud unrhyw gwestiynau."},{"start":5404.72,"end":5409.19,"text":"O'r cyntaf, mae'n rhaid i ni ddweud y byddwn ni wedi gwneud unrhyw gwestiynau."},{"start":5409.33,"end":5414.05,"text":"O'r cyntaf, y byddwn ni wedi gwneud unrhyw gwestiynau."},{"start":5415.14,"end":5421.95,"text":"Mae hynny'n rhaid i chi ddweud y byddwch chi'n gwneud eich cymhwysoedd i wneud unrhyw adnoddau."},{"start":5422.91,"end":5431.38,"text":"Felly byddwn yn dweud, beth ydyn ni'n ei wneud a beth fyddwn ni'n ei wneud i ddweud y byddwch chi'n gwneud unrhyw adnoddau."},{"start":5431.4,"end":5434.34,"text":"Felly byddwn yn gwneud unrhyw adnoddau."},{"start":5434.52,"end":5438.1,"text":"Felly byddwn yn gwneud unrhyw adnoddau."},{"start":5439.49,"end":5450.24,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y byddwch chi'n gallu gwneud hynny."},{"start":5451.66,"end":5455.16,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y byddwch chi'n gallu gwneud hynny."},{"start":5455.2,"end":5458.6,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y byddwch chi'n gallu gwneud hynny."},{"start":5464.7,"end":5465.34,"text":"Diolch."},{"start":5465.4,"end":5467.34,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":5467.4,"end":5469.82,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":5470.88,"end":5477.86,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":5477.92,"end":5479.02,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":5495.16,"end":5500.46,"text":"Felly dwi'n meddwl y byddwn ni'n gallu helpu chi gyda'r gwasanaethau sydd wedi'u cynnal."},{"start":5500.48,"end":5524.38,"text":"A ydym ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a ydyn ni'n gwybod a 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