{"conversationCode":"002-139","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-139","startDateTime":"1971-05-10T23:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-10T23:08:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1971","startTime":"7:04 PM","endDate":"10-May-1971","endTime":"7:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 7:04 pm to 7:08 pm. 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Agnew\n                -Schedule\n\nEhrlichman conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 7:04 pm and 7:08\npm.\n\n     Agnew's attendance at Cabinet meeting\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n            -President's attendance\n                  -Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration\n            -Desalting briefing\n            -Morton","filename":["002a.mp3","002b.mp3","002c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:17:13","tapeEnd":"05:19:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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