{"conversationCode":"567-012","tapeNumber":567,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-567-012","startDateTime":"1971-09-04T15:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-04T15:49:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:14 AM","endDate":"4-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:49 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:14 am and 11:49 am. 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Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:14 am.\n\n     Schedule\n          -Forthcoming trip [Camp David]\n               -Helicopter\n\nThe President left at 11:17 am.\n\n     Telephone call\n          -Briefcase\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                -Location\n\nBull and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:49 am.","filename":["567a.mp3","567b.mp3","567c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:34","tapeEnd":"02:28:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"567-011","nextCode":"567-013","tapeTranscriptFile":"567a.mp3,567b.mp3,567c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":8710.35,"end":8710.79,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":8735.13,"end":8738.47,"text":"Well, yes, but you all need an extra golf ball for all your work."},{"start":8738.95,"end":8740.39,"text":"That's all you get, not a damn thing."},{"start":8740.95,"end":8742.51,"text":"You know, your, what do you say, gross?"},{"start":8742.53,"end":8744.19,"text":"I mean, how much?"},{"start":8744.21,"end":8744.91,"text":"A dollar and three."},{"start":8744.93,"end":8746.05,"text":"A dollar and three."},{"start":8746.07,"end":8750.59,"text":"I find that, that, uh, actually they're worth a dollar and a half."},{"start":8750.65,"end":8754.73,"text":"Can I give you, give it to you?"},{"start":8754.77,"end":8755.71,"text":"Well, that's right."},{"start":8755.77,"end":8758.43,"text":"And that's how you get it."},{"start":8758.47,"end":8759.91,"text":"Do you find it lucky, Senator?"},{"start":8759.93,"end":8763.07,"text":"I find that I signed up to play golf with Senator in the traffic center."},{"start":8766.98,"end":8768.8,"text":"All right, there."},{"start":8783.53,"end":8785.29,"text":"What's up?"},{"start":8785.35,"end":8786.01,"text":"Ziegler."},{"start":8786.03,"end":8786.73,"text":"Ziegler, right."},{"start":8786.77,"end":8788.13,"text":"No, no, I'm closer."},{"start":8788.95,"end":8792.66,"text":"He has a speech."},{"start":8794.24,"end":8802.34,"text":"I'm not sure he has a speech."},{"start":8802.42,"end":8803.78,"text":"He has a speech."},{"start":8824.56,"end":8828.89,"text":"It's Colson of AOB."},{"start":8828.91,"end":8831.39,"text":"Colson just started."},{"start":8831.47,"end":8843.49,"text":"He's in his office."},{"start":8843.55,"end":8843.93,"text":"Huh?"},{"start":8844.47,"end":8845.85,"text":"He's in his office."},{"start":8845.87,"end":8847.13,"text":"AOB, yeah."},{"start":8866.63,"end":8867.05,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":8867.07,"end":8867.15,"text":"Okay."},{"start":8907.68,"end":8908.88,"text":"Would you like to go take a drink with your son?"},{"start":8908.9,"end":8908.94,"text":"No."},{"start":8908.96,"end":8909.24,"text":"You're right."},{"start":8909.26,"end":8909.44,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":8909.46,"end":8909.72,"text":"Tell him then."},{"start":8909.76,"end":8910.12,"text":"He's got a friend."},{"start":8910.14,"end":8910.58,"text":"He just went to the ."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":8703.375,"end":8925.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to conduct routine administrative tasks, including the signing of documents and coordination of the President's upcoming travel schedule to Camp David. The participants facilitated communication between staff members, specifically confirming the location and availability of Charles W. Colson and Ronald L. Ziegler. 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