{"conversationCode":"711-007","tapeNumber":711,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-711-007","startDateTime":"1972-04-18T16:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-18T16:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1972","startTime":"11:52 AM","endDate":"18-Apr-1972","endTime":"11:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; White House operator;","description":"On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am. 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Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:52 am.\n\n     Tricia Nixon Cox\n           -The President's call\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:55 am.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with PRC table tennis team\n               -Scali\n               -The President’s comments and the team’s comments\n                      -Length\n                      -The President's review\n                           -Time devoted to reading\n               -Schedule\n          -Meeting with Earl L. Butz\n               -Butz's trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]\n               -Butz's announcement\n                      -Publicity\n                           -Henry A. Kissinger's trip to Moscow\n\n     Butz\n            -Announcement\n                -Reasons\n            -Work with administration\n                -Problems\n                -Compared with John A. Volpe\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:52 and\n11:55 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 711-7A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-18]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nHaldeman left at an unknown time before 11:55 am.","filename":["711-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:06:16","tapeEnd":"02:09:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Butterfield, Alexander P.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"711-006","nextCode":"711-008","transcript":[{"start":14.16,"end":17.9,"text":"I'm just waiting until this is a call."},{"start":18.84,"end":32.13,"text":"This is a... Ms. Kelly knows exactly what I meant is that the comments that the Bible might be non-political."},{"start":32.19,"end":35.53,"text":"There's what we're trying to do here."},{"start":45.09,"end":58.66,"text":"And that would be the approach he would take to this."},{"start":63.22,"end":69.14,"text":"I wonder if you would tell people to prepare their marks."},{"start":76.12,"end":83.52,"text":"Since that is so large, I don't really need more than just a page."},{"start":83.54,"end":89.17,"text":"I love the best."},{"start":89.19,"end":90.06,"text":"I was too sick with time."},{"start":90.08,"end":91.91,"text":"Otherwise, I just don't have the time to read them."},{"start":144.66,"end":146.2,"text":"I don't want to interfere."},{"start":147.42,"end":148.78,"text":"He's just getting ready for his trips."},{"start":149.22,"end":152.5,"text":"He understands what I mean."},{"start":152.53,"end":156.11,"text":"Apparently he had a tip for the bus."},{"start":156.15,"end":159.43,"text":"The bus wanted to make a big announcement when he was at a press conference."},{"start":182.4,"end":186.12,"text":"No, I'm sure Butts is a problem to deal with and things like that."},{"start":186.36,"end":187.12,"text":"I realize that."},{"start":187.32,"end":190.98,"text":"But for the right motivation, he wants to help."},{"start":191,"end":205.54,"text":"Volpe wants to do it because Volpe wants to, you know, the Volpe mentality is pure self-destructing stuff where Butts is, and he thinks he can be effective."},{"start":205.64,"end":205.92,"text":"And he is."},{"start":217.97,"end":218.06,"text":"Bang!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to review the President’s upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on preparations for a meeting with the People's Republic of China table tennis team. Nixon requested that briefing materials for the event be condensed to a single page due to his limited time, while emphasizing a non-political approach. The discussion also addressed Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz’s upcoming trip to the USSR and the need to manage his press announcements in light of Henry Kissinger’s concurrent diplomatic efforts in Moscow.","topics":["PRC table tennis team","Earl L. Butz","White House scheduling","US-China relations","Soviet Union","Henry A. 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