{"conversationCode":"714-018","tapeNumber":714,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-714-018","startDateTime":"1972-04-20T18:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-20T21:18:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:10 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1972","endTime":"4:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 20, 1972, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 4:18 pm. 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(“Bob”) Hope\n           -Location\n\n     The President’s schedule\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 14s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     White House gifts\n          -Putters\n                -Hope\n                -Quantity\n                -Contributors\n\nButterfield left at 4:16 pm.\n\n                 -Cost\n\n     Hope\n            -Meeting with the President\n                -Photographs\n                      -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\n                      -Weather\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:18 pm.","filename":["714a.mp3","714b.mp3","714c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:58:58","tapeEnd":"04:02:43","participantsList":["Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B.","Nixon, Richard M. 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Did you see this thing to the astronauts?"},{"start":14459.87,"end":14460.41,"text":"That wasn't mine."},{"start":14460.45,"end":14462.07,"text":"No, it wasn't here."},{"start":14462.09,"end":14463.43,"text":"I mean, the other person might have been."},{"start":14464.55,"end":14465.25,"text":"Correct me if I'm wrong."},{"start":14465.27,"end":14468.47,"text":"You want to see it?"},{"start":14469.79,"end":14471.61,"text":"That's unparalleled."},{"start":14472.35,"end":14472.55,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":14472.59,"end":14474.71,"text":"When I see it, it's very tempting for me to set up these pictures."},{"start":14478.43,"end":14479.8,"text":"Can you hear it?"},{"start":14522.35,"end":14524.17,"text":"I don't play golf at all."},{"start":14524.69,"end":14529.13,"text":"But it's something that maybe someone like Bob Hoover will stick in a golf bag."},{"start":14529.19,"end":14536.88,"text":"We're going to get about 10, maybe 10,000 cars for contributors."},{"start":14537.11,"end":14541.82,"text":"Do you want to make a rough time, sir?"},{"start":14541.86,"end":14545.6,"text":"Oh, I'll be at 439, Tom."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":14351.375,"end":14551.875,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield and Stephen Bull to discuss administrative arrangements for White House gifts and the President's upcoming schedule. The participants coordinated the distribution of customized putters intended for political contributors and reviewed logistical details for an upcoming meeting with Bob Hope. 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