{"conversationCode":"020-023","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-023","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T18:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"1:56 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:56 pm to 2:00 pm. 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(“Pat”) Nixon’s trip\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/29/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n\n[Personal Returnable]\n[020-023-w001]\n[Duration: 22s]\n\n       Charles W. Colson’s memorandum\n              -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's trip\n                    -Reaction to memorandum\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Prayer breakfast\n           -Governors meeting\n                 -Result\n                 -Reubin O. Askew\n                 -Republicans\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/13/2019.\n1m 52s segment cleared for release with three segments of 5s, 12s and 18s remaining closed as\n020-023-w002 and 020-023-w003, and 020-023-w004 respectively.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[020-023-w002]\n[Duration: 1m 52s]\n\n       Democratic National Convention\n            -Reubin O. Askew\n                    -Keynote speaker\n                            -Significance\n                                    -South\n                    -Potential Vice Presidential candidate\n                    -1968 Republican National Convention keynote speaker\n                            -John V. Lindsay\n                            -Spiro T. Agnew\n                            -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s opinion\n                                    -Daniel J. Evans\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal Returnable]\n[020-023-w002]\n[Duration: 5s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n      Weather\n            -Washington D.C.\n\n      The President's schedule\n             -Potential trip to Florida February, 3 1972\n                     -Reading\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n[Personal Returnable]\n[020-023-w003]\n[Duration: 12s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n      Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon\n            -Opinion of Florida\n\n      The President's schedule\n             -Camp David\n                     -Disadvantages\n             -Walker's Cay\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n[Personal Returnable]\n[020-023-w004]\n[Duration: 18s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n       The President’s schedule\n              -Potential trip to Florida\n                     -Walker’s Cay\n                               -Weather\n\n       [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["020-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:45:04","tapeEnd":"00:48:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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