{"conversationCode":"003-040","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-040","startDateTime":"1971-05-13T12:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-13T12:48:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1971","startTime":"8:40 AM","endDate":"13-May-1971","endTime":"8:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon;","description":"On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:40 am to 8:48 am. 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Johnson library ceremony\n         -David and Julie Eisenhower\n         -President's schedule\n               -Florida\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n            -David and Julie Eisenhower's schedule\n            -Departure\n                 -Texas\n            -Return\n                 -Florida\n            -David and Julie Eisenhower's schedule\n\n     Supersonic transport (SST)\n          -Vote in house\n\n     David Eisenhower’s schedule\n          -Florida\n          -School\n\n     Supersonic transport (SST)\n          -Vote in house\n               -Gerald R. Ford's role\n               -Importance\n               -Publicity\n          -Forthcoming Senate vote\n          -House/Senate conference committee\n\n     Mansfield amendment\n         -United States [US] Troops in Europe\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Florida\n                 -Weather\n\n     May Day demonstrators\n         -Rose Mary Woods\n              -Copy to Eisenhowers\n              -Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) poll\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                      -D.C. Police action\n                            -70 percent approval\n                 -Copy to Eisenhower’s\n                 -Public opinion\n\n     Vicki\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["003-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:40:43","tapeEnd":"00:47:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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