{"conversationCode":"746-012","tapeNumber":746,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-746-012","startDateTime":"1972-07-01T15:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-01T15:19:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1972","startTime":"11:12 AM","endDate":"1-Jul-1972","endTime":"11:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kehrli, Bruce J.; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Bruce J. Kehrli, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:19 am. 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Wallace\n         -The President's offer of transportation\n               -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n               -Travel plans\n                    -Democratic National Convention\n                         -Montgomery, Alabama\n               -Health\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:19 am.","filename":["746-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kehrli, Bruce J.","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"746-011","nextCode":"746-013","transcript":[{"start":1.22,"end":1.42,"text":"Hi."},{"start":1.84,"end":8.59,"text":"Would you see if, uh, I don't want to interrupt you in a meeting, but Colson can drop in a minute."},{"start":9.33,"end":12.41,"text":"We just had this meeting with Steven and so forth."},{"start":12.43,"end":15.73,"text":"He can drop in at his convenience before, before I leave."},{"start":16.23,"end":16.71,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":16.73,"end":16.99,"text":"All right."},{"start":17.91,"end":20.53,"text":"You're going to office, aren't you?"},{"start":20.59,"end":20.69,"text":"Good."},{"start":20.71,"end":22.48,"text":"You'll let him know?"},{"start":22.5,"end":22.86,"text":"I'll let him know."},{"start":22.88,"end":25.22,"text":"Where do you stay with the girls?"},{"start":25.28,"end":27.18,"text":"You won't stay in their places?"},{"start":27.2,"end":29.38,"text":"I won't stay in their places."},{"start":29.96,"end":30.3,"text":"Well, it is."},{"start":33.09,"end":38.57,"text":"various niceties, but the man there is such a nice man."},{"start":38.63,"end":39.75,"text":"He's all for us."},{"start":39.99,"end":42.43,"text":"He takes care of all the girls."},{"start":42.53,"end":45.49,"text":"All right."},{"start":46.02,"end":48.36,"text":"Well, have fun."},{"start":49.08,"end":49.52,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":50.12,"end":51.5,"text":"This is the situation."},{"start":51.6,"end":59.41,"text":"Governor Wallace, of course, wants to"},{"start":61.74,"end":74.39,"text":"to go to the convention in the airplane by way of a gun."},{"start":94.59,"end":95.41,"text":"Sure, hell no."},{"start":95.43,"end":99.69,"text":"I mean, I just say that I hold her in my arms and say, man, what's that?"},{"start":99.71,"end":101.56,"text":"I don't care where he stops."},{"start":101.67,"end":102.72,"text":"He's about to."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Beverly J. Kaye to discuss her California lodging arrangements before consulting with Alexander P. Butterfield on official administrative matters. The discussion covered a status report on the Vietnam War and logistical planning for providing presidential transportation to Governor George C. Wallace for his travel to the Democratic National Convention. Nixon explicitly prioritized coordinating these travel arrangements through H. R. Haldeman while factoring in Wallace’s current health status.","topics":["Vietnam War","George C. Wallace","Democratic National Convention","Presidential travel","Logistics","H. R. 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