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Haig, Jr.\n               -Interpreter\n               -Luis Echeverria Alvarez\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:14 am.","filename":["601-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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