{"conversationCode":"773-008","tapeNumber":773,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-773-008","startDateTime":"1972-09-08T15:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-08T15:32:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1972","startTime":"11:30 AM","endDate":"8-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Goode, Mark I.;","description":"On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Mark I. Goode met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:32 am. 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Baker, Jr.\n                           -Time duration of filming\n\nGoode left at 11:32 am.","filename":["773-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Goode, Mark I."],"prevCode":"773-007","nextCode":"773-009","transcript":[{"start":0.14,"end":0.76,"text":"Yeah, sir."},{"start":1.32,"end":1.68,"text":"All right."},{"start":2.54,"end":4.22,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":4.24,"end":10.78,"text":"Uh, Holly will take the field picture."},{"start":10.82,"end":19.89,"text":"And on the, uh, on the, uh, motion picture, we'll, we'll take the same route with each of the senators."},{"start":19.95,"end":21.07,"text":"So we've had a tower first there."},{"start":21.09,"end":24.95,"text":"And if you would, just move out the door and stop and go away for a moment."},{"start":24.97,"end":25.25,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":25.27,"end":27.47,"text":"And walk with the door open."},{"start":27.51,"end":27.93,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":28.75,"end":33.76,"text":"All right, then we'll walk right to the table and chairs over there, facing down this way."},{"start":33.92,"end":40.38,"text":"Pause there for a few moments and just chat, and then move along down in that direction toward the stairs."},{"start":40.4,"end":42.86,"text":"All right, we can get near the top of the stairs."},{"start":43.12,"end":44.24,"text":"I'll keep moving your head around."},{"start":44.26,"end":47.32,"text":"I can give you a point to stop and then chat on the ground."},{"start":47.36,"end":48.65,"text":"We walk around the ground."},{"start":49.1,"end":50.83,"text":"Keep up front there, you will, sir."},{"start":50.97,"end":52.21,"text":"First, stop ahead of the stairs."},{"start":52.35,"end":52.91,"text":"First, we'll listen."},{"start":52.93,"end":55.23,"text":"Remember, I'm sure we'll be early on ahead of you."},{"start":56.01,"end":60.79,"text":"And from there he would move off and walk down as close to the edge as he can."},{"start":60.81,"end":68.82,"text":"And when he gets to the end, pause, check for a few moments, and then just walk back."},{"start":68.92,"end":70.36,"text":"And move it slowly."},{"start":70.44,"end":72.76,"text":"And then we'll do the same thing on the other side."},{"start":72.78,"end":74.36,"text":"We have to take about five minutes."},{"start":74.98,"end":77.4,"text":"Don't make sure you take that long."},{"start":77.42,"end":81.7,"text":"I don't want to get in conversation."},{"start":81.78,"end":82.22,"text":"All right."},{"start":82.24,"end":82.68,"text":"All right."},{"start":95.84,"end":96.36,"text":"Yeah, why did they get you?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Mark I. Goode to coordinate the logistical details for an upcoming promotional filming session. Goode outlined specific movements and blocking for the President, including interactions with Senators John G. Tower and Howard H. Baker, Jr. The President approved the choreography while emphasizing the need to keep the total filming duration strictly limited to approximately five minutes.","topics":["Public Relations","Photography","Media Coordination","Political Staging","Oval Office"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:18:41.882Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","photography","media-coordination","political-staging","oval-office"],"audioDurationSec":112,"audioFiles":[{"file":"773-008.mp3","bytes":2684550,"durationSec":111.8,"bitrate":192096,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/773-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/773-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/773/conversation-773-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}