{"conversationCode":"050-008","tapeNumber":50,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-050-008","startDateTime":"1971-03-19T17:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-19T17:13:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1971","startTime":"12:06 PM","endDate":"19-Mar-1971","endTime":"12:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia; Vinson, Joan; North, Carol; Plowman, Kathy; Crayton, Patsy; Powers, Iris; McManus, Mary Jane; Ford, Eldora; Moe, Alfred F.; Moe, Alfred F. (Mrs.); Buckley, Russ (Lt.); Nelson, Marianne; Resor, Stanley R.; Palmer, Bruce (Gen.); Jones, L. (Maj.); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Ratliffe, Walter B. (Lt. Col.); Chafee, John H.; Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr. (Adm.); Chapman, Leonard F. (Gen.); McLucas, John L. (Dr.); Davis, Russell (Mrs.); Davis, Russell (Lt.); Sieverts, Frank A.; Epes, H. H., Jr. (Adm.); Kegley, Milton (Col.); Brock, William E., III; Boland, Edward P.; Keating, William J.; Mazzoli, Romano L.; Michel, Robert H.; Myers, John T.; Nichols, William F. (\"Bob\"); Pelly, Thomas M.; Rogers, Paul G.; Shriver, Garner; Young, William J.; Zion, Roger H.; Dickinson, William L.; Hunt, Olive; Morin, Richard (Mrs.); Johnson, U. Alexis; Capen, Richard;","description":"On March 19, 1971, during the Signing of the National Week of Concern for Prisoners of War/Missing in Action, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the military and the Executive Committe for the National League of American Families of Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, including Joan Vinson, Carol North, Kathy Plowman, Patsy Crayton, Iris Powers, Mary Jane McManus, Eldora Ford, Alfred F. Moe, Mrs. Alfred F. Moe, Lt. Russ Buckley, Marianne Nelson, Stanley R. Resor, Gen. Bruce Palmer, Maj. L. Jones, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Lt. Col. Walter B. Ratliffe, John H. Chafee, Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Dr. John L. McLucas, Gen. John C. Meyer, Mrs. Russell Davis, Lt. Russell Davis, Frank A. Sieverts, Adm. H. H. Epes, Jr., Col. Milton Kegley, William E. Brock, III, Edward P. Boland, William J. Keating, Romano L. Mazzoli, Robert H. Michel, John T. Myers, William F. (\"Bob\") Nichols, Thomas M. Pelly, Paul G. Rogers, Garner Shriver, William J. Young, Roger Zion, William L. Dickinson, Olive Hunt, Mrs. Richard Morin, U. Alexis Johnson, and Richard Capen, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:06 pm to 12:13 pm. 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Meyer, Mrs. Russell\nDavis, Lieutenant [Forename unknown] Davis, Frank A. Sieverts, Admiral H. H. Epes, Jr.,\nColonel Milton Kegley, William E. Brock, III, Edward P. Boland, William J. Keating, Romano\nL. Mazzoli, Robert H. Michel, John T. Myers, William F. (“Bob”) Nichols, Thomas M. Pelly,\nPaul G. Rogers, Garner Shriver, William J. Young, Roger Zion, William L. Dickinson, Olive\nHunt, Mrs. Richard Morin, U. Alexis Johnson, and Richard Capen\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n     [Applause]\n\n     [General conversation]\n\nThe President, et al. left at 12:13 pm","filename":["050a.mp3","050b.mp3","050c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia","Vinson, Joan","North, Carol","Plowman, Kathy","Crayton, Patsy","Powers, Iris","McManus, Mary Jane","Ford, Eldora","Moe, Alfred F.","Moe, Alfred F. 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