{"conversationCode":"664-010","tapeNumber":664,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-664-010","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T17:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T17:41:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"12:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mallary, Richard W.; Cook, Richard K.; White House photographer;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard W. Mallary, Richard K. Cook, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:41 pm. 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Cook; the White\nHouse photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.\n\n    Greetings\n         -Photographs\n              -Cook\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 1m 19s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n    Congress\n        -Committee assignments\n             -President’s advice\n             -Robert T. Stafford and George D. Aiken\n             -Advancement\n                   -Committees\n                        -Appropriations, Ways and Means\n                        -Post Office, Civil Service\n                        -District of Columbia\n                        -Agriculture\n             -Agriculture Committee\n                   -Aiken\n                        -Farm bill\n                              -80th Congress\n             -Mallary preference\n                   -Gerald R. Ford\n             -Government Operations Committee\n                   -Experience with agricultural issues\n                   -Government reorganization\n\n    Presentation of gifts\n\n    Living accommodations\n         -Children\n\n                 -Gifts\n           -President’s advice\n\nMr. and Mrs. Mallary left at 12:41 pm.","filename":["664a.mp3","664b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:27:56","tapeEnd":"01:33:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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Oh, they don't know him."},{"start":5505.01,"end":5506.79,"text":"They'll not believe me."},{"start":5506.87,"end":5511.39,"text":"You know, he gets along with my new business."},{"start":5518.75,"end":5521.87,"text":"Yeah, I'll be just a breaker."},{"start":5522.8,"end":5525.36,"text":"You know, she's quite a fish, you know."},{"start":5525.4,"end":5525.8,"text":"She is."},{"start":5526.7,"end":5528.18,"text":"How do you find her?"},{"start":5528.24,"end":5529.28,"text":"Well, she's married."},{"start":5529.46,"end":5532.1,"text":"I'm pretty careful about her, Christ's sake."},{"start":5532.15,"end":5534.33,"text":"Come on, come on."},{"start":5534.75,"end":5535.19,"text":"Okay."},{"start":5535.53,"end":5536.17,"text":"Thanks, Jeff."},{"start":5536.99,"end":5537.85,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":5591.8,"end":5595.25,"text":"Hi, how are you?"},{"start":5595.55,"end":5601.33,"text":"All right."},{"start":5601.49,"end":5604.03,"text":"Sit down."},{"start":5604.93,"end":5610.6,"text":"Sorry, we can't keep you here."},{"start":5610.94,"end":5615.52,"text":"We can't keep you here."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5268.625,"end":5616.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Representative Richard W. 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