{"conversationCode":"048-003","tapeNumber":48,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-048-003","startDateTime":"1971-02-25T15:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-25T16:50:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Feb-1971","startTime":"10:56 AM","endDate":"25-Feb-1971","endTime":"11:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Stifflemire, Mary D.; Alexander, Bernice V.; Johnson, Judith L.; Hyland, William G.; Wright, W. Marshall; Rodman, Peter W.; Bergsten, C. Fred; Saunders, Harold H.; Nachmanoff, Arnold; Holdridge, John H.; Glancy, John; Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.); Lord, Winston; Matthews, Dianne C.; Lopez, Sheila R.; Pineau, Julienne L.; Smith, K. Wayne (Dr.); Sonnenfeldt, Helmut (\"Hal\"); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On February 25, 1971, during the signing of the Foreign Policy Message, President Richard M. Nixon and Mary D. Stifflemire, Bernice V. Alexander, Judith L. Johnson, William G. Hyland, W. 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