{"conversationCode":"402-005","tapeNumber":402,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-402-005","startDateTime":"1973-01-21T22:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-21T22:22:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Jan-1973","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"21-Jan-1973","endTime":"5:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On January 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:22 pm. 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(“Pat”) Nixon\n             -Hopes\n             -F. Donald Nixon [?]\n             -Guest\n             -Surprise\n             -Jane [last name unknown]\n                   -Younger sister\n             -John Ryan [?]\n             -Republican National Committee [RNC] Reception\n             -Charles W. Colson\n             -Mrs. Nixon\n                   -Rose Mary Woods\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 10/25/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[402-005-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 34s]\n\n       Taped recollections of 1973 Inauguration\n              -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon\n                     -Gown [?]\n                     -Julie Nixon Eisenhower\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Taped recollections of 1973 Inauguration\n            -Republicans\n            -Public\n\f                                                 -11-\n\n                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                Conversation No. 402-17 (cont’d)\n\n               -White House staff\n               -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                    -Press relations\n                          -Speech\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 10/25/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[402-005-w002]\n[Duration: 36s]\n\n          Taped recollections of 1973 Inauguration\n               -Thelma C. 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He reviewed memories of the inaugural balls, parades, and church services, emphasizing the sense of pride, dignity, and public behavior displayed during the festivities. 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