{"conversationCode":"582-008","tapeNumber":582,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-582-008","startDateTime":"1971-09-30T20:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-30T20:10:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:10 PM","endDate":"30-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:10 pm. 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(“Ollie”) Atkins\n                      -Press\n                           -Time\n\nHaig and Bull left at 4:10 pm","filename":["582a.mp3","582b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:47:08","tapeEnd":"00:48:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"582-007","nextCode":"582-009","tapeTranscriptFile":"582a.mp3,582b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2773.39,"end":2785.6,"text":"You make sure how it's standing by outside of it."},{"start":2785.62,"end":2787.04,"text":"You heard it, it's got..."},{"start":2787.06,"end":2787.34,"text":"It's got..."},{"start":2787.36,"end":2787.54,"text":"It's got..."},{"start":2787.56,"end":2787.76,"text":"It's got..."},{"start":2839.72,"end":2866.48,"text":"Neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu, neu"},{"start":2867.97,"end":2868.31,"text":"U.I.C.R.I.G."},{"start":2868.41,"end":2869.05,"text":"for this video."},{"start":2869.11,"end":2872.01,"text":"Henry Henry is a great writer."},{"start":2872.09,"end":2874.17,"text":"He stole another solid engine."},{"start":2874.79,"end":2876.69,"text":"He stole another 50,000 engines."},{"start":2877.15,"end":2878.09,"text":"This is what he said."},{"start":2879.19,"end":2880.74,"text":"Well, they can take a press picture."},{"start":2880.78,"end":2881.44,"text":"They want this."},{"start":2881.6,"end":2882.68,"text":"They have time, obviously."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2765.75,"end":2900.125,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, Alexander Haig, and Stephen Bull met in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for the President's upcoming schedule and administrative tasks. The discussion focused on finalizing arrangements for a trip to Florida, handling courier reports, and organizing a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home. 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