{"conversationCode":"726-006","tapeNumber":726,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-726-006","startDateTime":"1972-05-19T16:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-19T16:51:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1972","startTime":"12:49 PM","endDate":"19-May-1972","endTime":"12:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:49 pm and 12:51 pm. 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Byrd\n                 -Time\n          -Bi-partisan congressional leaders\n          -A barber's appointment\n\n                -Time\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.","filename":["726a.mp3","726b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:13:12","tapeEnd":"02:14:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"726-005","nextCode":"726-007","tapeTranscriptFile":"726a.mp3,726b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7984.5,"end":7989.74,"text":"that you would like me to work closely with Peter and Peter Flanagan on the coordination of the international economic business."},{"start":7989.86,"end":7990.2,"text":"Right."},{"start":7990.4,"end":7992.26,"text":"More or less in the manner that Connolly did."},{"start":7992.76,"end":7993.26,"text":"Absolutely."},{"start":7993.34,"end":7994.86,"text":"I don't mean to exclude others."},{"start":7994.92,"end":7995.84,"text":"You have to guide him."},{"start":7995.86,"end":7996.56,"text":"There has to be."},{"start":7996.58,"end":7997.8,"text":"You have to guide him."},{"start":7997.84,"end":7999.9,"text":"Peter Flanagan is not an expert in this field."},{"start":7999.94,"end":8001.08,"text":"He knows something about it."},{"start":8001.48,"end":8002.06,"text":"You guide him."},{"start":8002.77,"end":8004.02,"text":"That's the way you do it."},{"start":8004.15,"end":8005.05,"text":"All right."},{"start":8005.07,"end":8005.59,"text":"Well, all right."},{"start":8005.65,"end":8006.25,"text":"Sure responsibility."},{"start":8006.29,"end":8007.43,"text":"Well, then go on."},{"start":8007.47,"end":8007.75,"text":"Sure."},{"start":8014.5,"end":8018.16,"text":"You've got to appear, one thing, you've got to compromise your principles on it."},{"start":8018.2,"end":8023.01,"text":"Between now and the election, appear to be for the non-tag controls."},{"start":8023.11,"end":8026.95,"text":"I've said I'm for them, and I care working, but we should get rid of them as soon as we can."},{"start":8027.17,"end":8031.15,"text":"Well, you know, we will have to work, and we will be ready."},{"start":8031.69,"end":8039.02,"text":"But we've got to do this thing, and we've got to budget this budget."},{"start":8039.06,"end":8041.06,"text":"This would... That was just what I said."},{"start":8041.1,"end":8041.58,"text":"You just..."},{"start":8043.14,"end":8043.4,"text":"Right."},{"start":8043.42,"end":8046,"text":"That we originally projected."},{"start":8076.02,"end":8077.84,"text":"The only matter is that perhaps it might be, you might want to see the bar before garbage."},{"start":8077.86,"end":8079.86,"text":"But at the end of the day, it's, oh, I know that I often visit the day and run around and work."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7984.5,"end":8095.375,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to discuss the coordination of international economic business, directing Bull to oversee Peter Flanagan in a manner similar to former Treasury Secretary John Connally. Nixon emphasized that Flanagan requires guidance in this field and stressed the need for strict adherence to the projected federal budget. 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