{"conversationCode":"947-008","tapeNumber":947,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-947-008","startDateTime":"1973-07-10T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-07-10T16:28:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jul-1973","startTime":"12:24 PM","endDate":"10-Jul-1973","endTime":"12:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Froehlke, Robert F.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert F. Froehlke, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:28 pm. 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Froehlke\n              -Departure from the administration\n                     -President’s appreciation\n                     -Length of service\n                     -Experience\n              -Future plans\n                     -Company\n                     -Swearing-in\n                            -[First name unknown] Gold [?]\n              -Accomplishments\n                     -Withdrawal of troops from Vietnam\n                     -End of draft\n                     -Service as Secretary of the Army\n\n       National defense\n              -Conventional forces\n\f                                              -21-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 947-8 (cont’d)\n\n                      -Public relations\n                      -Usefulness of military technology\n                             -B-1\n                             -Missile\n                             -Parity\n                             -Effect\n\n       Presentation of gifts by President\n              -Cufflinks\n              -Present for Froehlke’s wife\n              -Golf balls\n\n       Offer of support in Wisconsin\n\nFroehlke and Bull left at 12:28 pm.","filename":["947-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Froehlke, Robert F.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"947-007","nextCode":"947-009","transcript":[{"start":19.79,"end":22.18,"text":"I wish you well, but I have nothing but"},{"start":90.43,"end":93.07,"text":"I can leave anything for you to carry on."},{"start":93.15,"end":101.99,"text":"I hope you, to the extent you can, you can convince the American people that we've got to have the conventional American."},{"start":102.05,"end":102.53,"text":"I'm chocolate."},{"start":102.55,"end":107.22,"text":"I go back to Main Street and they talk about, so it's B-1, new missiles."},{"start":107.45,"end":112.72,"text":"Well, I hope and I think and I pray we are never going to use those as long as we have parity."},{"start":113.12,"end":113.98,"text":"But we are."},{"start":123.62,"end":129.39,"text":"All right."},{"start":129.45,"end":131.87,"text":"Now let's take it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with outgoing Secretary of the Army Robert F. 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