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(President)","Mitchell, John N."],"prevCode":"617-026","nextCode":"618-002","transcript":[{"start":4.01,"end":10.61,"text":"What's your judgment on this man?"},{"start":10.63,"end":15.94,"text":"I'll see you very soon."},{"start":16.1,"end":21.86,"text":"I know you're easy to talk to."},{"start":22.46,"end":22.84,"text":"You do?"},{"start":22.9,"end":26.7,"text":"Looks like you have any crap in your shoes."},{"start":26.72,"end":26.88,"text":"So do I."},{"start":74.98,"end":76.06,"text":"Okay."},{"start":76.2,"end":77.54,"text":"All right."},{"start":103.68,"end":106.58,"text":"Give the message, message to the doctor."},{"start":106.6,"end":107.16,"text":"Okay, stop."},{"start":107.18,"end":113.22,"text":"I had talked to you since, and I wrote you a couple of books."},{"start":113.26,"end":115.5,"text":"We got in there yesterday."},{"start":115.54,"end":116.86,"text":"Just a few were mentioned."},{"start":117.44,"end":124.91,"text":"What I mean, we got in Chicago, and it was really a fine, fine picture."},{"start":124.97,"end":132.17,"text":"But I would come out of there, and there was death."},{"start":158.37,"end":158.99,"text":"They get stood up, huh?"},{"start":159.01,"end":159.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":159.23,"end":171.22,"text":"Everybody is, you know, like they said, he was really very good at this."},{"start":171.24,"end":175.44,"text":"I mean, he was all out on his full range of rock and roll."},{"start":175.46,"end":177.41,"text":"I mean, very strong endorsements, you know."},{"start":177.43,"end":178.87,"text":"Did he do that?"},{"start":178.89,"end":179.89,"text":"That's what we heard, too."},{"start":215.09,"end":216.47,"text":"Yeah, we were trying, but I don't want to operate there."},{"start":216.49,"end":217.97,"text":"It's not easy to treat."},{"start":218.05,"end":219.23,"text":"That's it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Mitchell engaged in a brief, informal discussion regarding the reception of a recent political appearance, possibly in Chicago. The conversation focused on evaluating the public perception and efficacy of an unnamed individual's performance and endorsements. 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