{"conversationCode":"273-017","tapeNumber":273,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-273-017","startDateTime":"1971-08-12T21:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-12T21:20:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Aug-1971","startTime":"5:16 PM","endDate":"12-Aug-1971","endTime":"5:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:20 pm. 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Colson.\n\n     Fact sheet\n           -Contents\n                -Prosperity\n                     -Previous administrations\n                -Unemployment\n                     -Relationship to decline in size of Armed Forces\n\nAn unknown person entered at an unknown time after 5:16 pm.\n     Unknown activity\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 5:20 pm.\n\n     International monetary situation\n\n     President’s forthcoming call to unknown person","filename":["273a.mp3","273b.mp3","273c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:56:40","tapeEnd":"01:58:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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Colson discussed economic strategies, specifically focusing on the goal of restoring national prosperity compared to previous administrations. The conversation touched upon the correlation between unemployment rates and the reduction in the size of the Armed Forces. 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