{"conversationCode":"344-029","tapeNumber":344,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-344-029","startDateTime":"1972-06-27T18:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-27T19:11:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jun-1972","startTime":"2:36 PM","endDate":"27-Jun-1972","endTime":"3:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 3:11 pm. 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