{"conversationCode":"689-001","tapeNumber":689,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-689-001","startDateTime":"1972-03-20T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-20T13:56:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1972","startTime":"8:50 AM","endDate":"20-Mar-1972","endTime":"8:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 8:56 am. 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Kissinger\n                     -Acapulco\n                -Mr. and Mrs. John B. Connally\n                -Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller\n                -Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis\n                -Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop\n                -Mr. and Mrs. J. Willard Marriott\n          -Date and time\n                -The President’s schedule\n                -Other individuals' schedule\n                -Change\n\nWoods left.","filename":["689-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"688-020","nextCode":"689-002","transcript":[{"start":26.9,"end":32.24,"text":"The little kid who was out of church gave me a letter from his class."},{"start":36.67,"end":38.45,"text":"All the kids sang it."},{"start":40.11,"end":43.01,"text":"And the mail for people were parallel."},{"start":50.98,"end":51.88,"text":"I don't think."},{"start":52.06,"end":58.48,"text":"Well, you may not."},{"start":58.7,"end":60.7,"text":"I mean, he didn't."},{"start":60.72,"end":63.46,"text":"I don't know where you can put his name."},{"start":63.5,"end":67.82,"text":"Yeah, he did his national."},{"start":69.18,"end":71.84,"text":"I, uh, wish that, uh,"},{"start":108.84,"end":109.06,"text":"All right."},{"start":186.57,"end":187.79,"text":"on, uh, the 30th."},{"start":187.83,"end":188.61,"text":"That's Thursday."},{"start":196.9,"end":197.74,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":199.08,"end":205.34,"text":"That's, uh..."},{"start":205.37,"end":214.77,"text":"Uh, first, be sure to check to see whether she, um, whether Mrs. Longwood had come."},{"start":215.6,"end":229.34,"text":"this small dinner experience and here's that visitor i want him there he just checked his office here"},{"start":230.99,"end":247.99,"text":"We want the John Collins, the Nelson-Macaforas, the Wolden-Lewises, and the Joseph Alston."},{"start":248.43,"end":248.79,"text":"That's 12."},{"start":252.19,"end":257.4,"text":"And the"},{"start":259.82,"end":266.32,"text":"If one of the couples can't come, the marriage is on."},{"start":269.3,"end":270.16,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":284.28,"end":285.6,"text":"That's upstairs in the project, 7.30 to 5.00."},{"start":285.64,"end":285.94,"text":"7.30 to 5.00, yeah."},{"start":286.02,"end":289.9,"text":"Make it Thursday, that means that I will have the week done pretty well."},{"start":289.96,"end":293.5,"text":"I have to stay here that weekend anyway."},{"start":293.7,"end":302.79,"text":"Do you think people will be going away to the nursing home?"},{"start":302.87,"end":303.31,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":303.33,"end":305.38,"text":"It'll take a long weekend, they will be."},{"start":305.51,"end":306.16,"text":"It's Friday, so..."},{"start":312.9,"end":314.14,"text":"Not everyone."},{"start":314.78,"end":315.28,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":333.15,"end":335.59,"text":"Well, Megan Lindsay is safer than Megan Lindsay."},{"start":339.15,"end":340.99,"text":"Oh yeah, not that kind of thing."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, review administrative correspondence regarding a letter from a school class and discuss the guest list and scheduling for an upcoming White House dinner. The President specifies his desired attendees, including prominent political and social figures such as Nelson Rockefeller and John Connally, while finalizing the event's timing. 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