{"conversationCode":"847-006","tapeNumber":847,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-847-006","startDateTime":"1973-02-02T15:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-02T15:36:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:33 AM","endDate":"2-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:36 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographer; Harper, Edwin L.; Harper, Elizabeth;","description":"On February 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, Edwin L. Harper, and Elizabeth Harper met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:33 am to 10:36 am. 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Bull and\nthe White House photographer.\n\n       Introductions\n              -Mr. and Mrs. Harper\n              -Elizabeth Harper\n              -President’s aunt\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       Arrangements for photographs\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n       Presentations of gifts by the President\n       Harper’s future plans\n              -Philadelphia\n\n              Harper’s health\n                     -Gen. Walter R. Tkach\n\f                                                -13-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n        Revenue-sharing\n               -John D. Ehrlichman\n        Harper's future plans\n               -Philadelphia\n               -Ardmore\n                       - Washington, DC, Spring Valley\n                       -New York City\n\nHarper, et al., left at 10:36 am.","filename":["847-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","White House photographer","Harper, Edwin L.","Harper, Elizabeth"],"prevCode":"847-005","nextCode":"847-007","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":2.79,"text":"That's your little girl, Elizabeth."},{"start":2.91,"end":6.04,"text":"Well, I haven't had my mother's sister."},{"start":6.1,"end":8.42,"text":"Her name is Elizabeth."},{"start":8.44,"end":10.16,"text":"She was my favorite."},{"start":12.28,"end":12.52,"text":"Great."},{"start":12.66,"end":14.89,"text":"Now, we used to call her Beth."},{"start":15.63,"end":16.97,"text":"Do they call you Beth or Beth?"},{"start":17.07,"end":19.07,"text":"You are Elizabeth."},{"start":19.83,"end":20.31,"text":"That's right."},{"start":27.32,"end":27.74,"text":"I hope."},{"start":27.92,"end":28.26,"text":"I hope."},{"start":28.4,"end":29.76,"text":"I hope you didn't saw it."},{"start":29.82,"end":32.92,"text":"Because they were not able to property for us."},{"start":33,"end":33.96,"text":"After all those night hours."},{"start":34.34,"end":34.9,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":35,"end":35.68,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":35.78,"end":40.92,"text":"Why don't you stand over there."},{"start":41.1,"end":41.54,"text":"There you go."},{"start":41.6,"end":42.78,"text":"There's a man there."},{"start":42.8,"end":45.02,"text":"There's a guy."},{"start":45.64,"end":51.7,"text":"There's a guy."},{"start":70.87,"end":71.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":72.57,"end":73.65,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":73.91,"end":74.61,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":75.83,"end":80.03,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":81.31,"end":82.06,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":82.58,"end":83.14,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":96.08,"end":98.64,"text":"I've seen some people"},{"start":118.67,"end":127.86,"text":"When it's cold, when it's cold it gets too heavy then it goes down and you're stiff against it when you're on."},{"start":127.94,"end":129.76,"text":"And I don't mean it that."},{"start":129.78,"end":131.26,"text":"I don't mean it that."},{"start":131.34,"end":132.02,"text":"Yeah, that's right."},{"start":132.04,"end":132.66,"text":"You will."},{"start":132.68,"end":133.24,"text":"That's right."},{"start":133.42,"end":135.69,"text":"At least find the other way through."},{"start":135.71,"end":136.04,"text":"Well, anyway, why?"},{"start":136.25,"end":137.61,"text":"No question."},{"start":137.69,"end":139.95,"text":"Well, you work your tail off."},{"start":141.45,"end":143.49,"text":"All these papers, 200 years."},{"start":143.51,"end":144.27,"text":"I don't read them all."},{"start":144.29,"end":147.57,"text":"But you've affected the revenue sharing and so forth."},{"start":148.81,"end":149.31,"text":"Well, thank you."},{"start":149.35,"end":151.78,"text":"You've wasted more money than all of us."},{"start":152.62,"end":153.52,"text":"That's my color."},{"start":153.88,"end":155.48,"text":"I think we'll listen."},{"start":155.52,"end":158.34,"text":"We've got a show at the present midnight tomorrow night."},{"start":160,"end":165.21,"text":"Well, we'll go ahead and sign the papers."},{"start":165.35,"end":166.65,"text":"Did you write anything?"},{"start":166.75,"end":167.47,"text":"It's all right."},{"start":167.49,"end":168.19,"text":"I'll talk."},{"start":172.61,"end":186.2,"text":"Well, even though you hear about the main line being expensive, I can strongly urge that out there in our home and so forth, it just falls."},{"start":187.3,"end":195.43,"text":"It's just beautiful out there with marvelous trees."},{"start":196.49,"end":197.73,"text":"Look out there."},{"start":199.84,"end":201.1,"text":"They have everything."},{"start":205.66,"end":208.66,"text":"rather than just a heart attack."},{"start":210.59,"end":211.71,"text":"That's my expert advice."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Edwin L. Harper, his wife, and their daughter, Elizabeth, for a brief social visit accompanied by a White House photographer. The conversation included informal introductions, the presentation of gifts, and a discussion regarding Harper’s health and his future relocation plans to the Philadelphia area. The President also briefly acknowledged Harper’s contributions to revenue-sharing initiatives before the group posed for commemorative photographs.","topics":["Edwin L. 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