{"conversationCode":"362-016","tapeNumber":362,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-362-016","startDateTime":"1972-08-14T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-14T19:52:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Aug-1972","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"14-Aug-1972","endTime":"3:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On August 14, 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 2:50 pm and 3:52 pm. 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Rogers’s possible conversation with Dean Rusk\n                     -Shriver\n                          -Attacks on Rusk and Johnson\n                          -W[illiam] Averell Harriman and Cyrus R. Vance\n                               -[William J. Jorden]\n                                   -Henry A. Kissinger\n                                   -Henry Cabot Lodge\n                 -Shriver\n                     -Attacks on credibility\n                          -Connally's opinion","filename":["362-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"362-015","nextCode":"362-017","transcript":[{"start":9.26,"end":33.19,"text":"Just to be sure you've got everything in common, we're trying to get across."},{"start":33.21,"end":36.01,"text":"He said that George Christian told him that Schreiber didn't know anything about the negotiations in Paris because Johnson didn't trust him."},{"start":36.03,"end":37.95,"text":"He suggested that Rogers might call on Rush to see if Rush would say something to understand it."},{"start":37.97,"end":39.03,"text":"In fact, Schreiber was attacking Rush and Johnson for"},{"start":39.89,"end":64.2,"text":"This is the cancer that was."},{"start":64.22,"end":64.83,"text":"The heat port is affecting us."},{"start":64.84,"end":66.25,"text":"I view the fact that Jeremy advanced for his men from Paris, not ours."},{"start":66.27,"end":66.73,"text":"I look at Henry Jordan."},{"start":66.75,"end":67.87,"text":"He tells me, well, this is totally where everything was."},{"start":67.89,"end":68.31,"text":"He was there with us."},{"start":68.33,"end":68.87,"text":"I was right there with him."},{"start":68.89,"end":69.17,"text":"And as well as"},{"start":71.16,"end":76.39,"text":"It's time to do a prayer call."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a memorandum to H.R. Haldeman regarding political strategy surrounding the Vietnam peace negotiations. The discussion focused on undermining the credibility of Sargent Shriver by highlighting that he was intentionally excluded from past Paris negotiations by Lyndon B. Johnson. Nixon further strategized to use John Connally’s perspectives to amplify criticisms of Shriver’s public rhetoric and alignment with former officials like Dean Rusk, William Averell Harriman, and Cyrus Vance.","topics":["Vietnam War","Paris Peace Negotiations","Sargent Shriver","H.R. Haldeman","John Connally","Lyndon B. 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