{"conversationCode":"416-008","tapeNumber":416,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-416-008","startDateTime":"1973-03-01T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-01T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"1-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:00 pm. 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Truman\n             -Speech\n\f                                              -12-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                        Conversation No. 416-8 (cont’d)\n\n             -Decency\n             -Unintelligible name [?]\n             -Foreign government officials\n                   -Invitations [?]\n             -Henry A. Kissinger\n             -President’s message\n\n       Middle East\n            -United Nations [UN]\n            -Israel\n            -Soviet Union’s orbit [?]\n            -Golda Meir\n                  -Socialist Party Congress\n                        -Support for US\n                        -Vietnam War\n                              -Negotiations\n\n       John W. Dean, III\n            -Meeting with President\n                   -President’s impression\n            -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]\n            -Justice Department\n            -Espionage [?]\n\n       National Governors Conference\n            -Army chorus\n                  -Performance\n            -Foreign policy\n            -FBI [?]\n            -Congress\n            -Governors’ speeches\n\n       Kissinger\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[End of dictation]\n\f                                               -13-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 416-8 (cont’d)\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:36 pm.\n\n       President’s signature\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.\n\nThe President resumed dictation.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       Television [TV]\n            -Paul McCartney [?]\n            -Revolutionaries [?]\n\nThe President replayed a portion of the dictation.\n\n       Spain\n\n       Great Britain\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["416-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"416-007","nextCode":"416-009","transcript":[{"start":2.06,"end":30.78,"text":"There you go."},{"start":31.84,"end":58.2,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":60.59,"end":75.25,"text":"I said, well, I don't know."},{"start":76.13,"end":89.5,"text":"I said, well, I don't know."},{"start":93.45,"end":121.11,"text":"I think the fact that they're able to stand and do that, the fact that they're able to do that, the fact that they're able to do that, the fact that they're able to do that, the fact that they're able to do that,"},{"start":121.78,"end":149.88,"text":"Very impressive."},{"start":151.13,"end":179.48,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":180,"end":209.06,"text":"It was a great success."},{"start":211.25,"end":241.09,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":241.68,"end":269.24,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":269.8,"end":299.38,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":299.7,"end":329.05,"text":"uh... uh..."},{"start":329.82,"end":354.25,"text":"I've been down here for over a century."},{"start":354.27,"end":354.75,"text":"One down and one to row."},{"start":357.61,"end":369.6,"text":"Thanks for watching!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his files while briefly meeting with aide Stephen B. Bull to secure a signature on official documents. The dictation covered a wide range of administrative and policy matters, including foreign policy objectives regarding the Middle East and Israel, as well as internal concerns involving John W. Dean III and the FBI. The President also reflected on recent events such as the National Governors Conference and various diplomatic communications.","topics":["Foreign Policy","Middle East","John W. 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