{"conversationCode":"725-016","tapeNumber":725,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-725-016","startDateTime":"1972-05-16T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-16T13:57:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1972","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"16-May-1972","endTime":"9:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am. 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(“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President between 9:56 and 9:57 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 725-16A]\n\n      [See Conversation No. 24-143]\n\nButterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 9:57 am.","filename":["725a.mp3","725b.mp3","725c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:58:58","tapeEnd":"02:00:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"725-015","nextCode":"725-017","tapeTranscriptFile":"725a.mp3,725b.mp3,725c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7090.03,"end":7091.17,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7091.21,"end":7091.61,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7091.65,"end":7091.89,"text":"Huh."},{"start":7091.91,"end":7092.39,"text":"Okay."},{"start":7092.45,"end":7092.81,"text":"Fine."},{"start":7092.85,"end":7093.09,"text":"Great."},{"start":7093.11,"end":7093.59,"text":"Okay."},{"start":7093.61,"end":7094.83,"text":"All right."},{"start":7094.85,"end":7096.21,"text":"Got it."},{"start":7096.23,"end":7096.61,"text":"Got it."},{"start":7096.67,"end":7098.19,"text":"The remote location."},{"start":7121.03,"end":7121.66,"text":"Thank you so much for your time."},{"start":7133.01,"end":7137.55,"text":"You see what I mean?"},{"start":7137.61,"end":7139.47,"text":"It wasn't routine."},{"start":7139.73,"end":7143.95,"text":"I was trying to read, you know, so we didn't have these signatures."},{"start":7143.97,"end":7147.56,"text":"It doesn't have the same genetic data."},{"start":7173.76,"end":7175.88,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7175.9,"end":7176.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7177.3,"end":7178.92,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7178.98,"end":7184.53,"text":"Well, they're gonna just let it go."},{"start":7221.62,"end":7221.7,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7221.72,"end":7223.56,"text":"I love you, too."},{"start":7223.74,"end":7227.52,"text":"It wasn't that terrible, but I tried to call you last night."},{"start":7227.74,"end":7228.08,"text":"Okay."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7089,"end":7229.75,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. 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