{"conversationCode":"291-010","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-010","startDateTime":"1971-10-13T01:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-13T02:16:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:44 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 10:16 pm. 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