{"conversationCode":"015-179","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":179,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-179","startDateTime":"1971-12-01T17:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-01T17:20:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:15 PM","endDate":"1-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Harvey, James;","description":"On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and James Harvey talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:20 pm. 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Ford\n                 -Conversation with Friedersdorf\n                 -1968 election\n                 -Ford and Hugh Scott\n           -Richard K. Cook\n           -Attorney General's office","filename":["015a.mp3","015b.mp3","015c.mp3","015d.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:46:39","tapeEnd":"04:49:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Harvey, James","Nixon, Richard M. 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