{"conversationCode":"714-003","tapeNumber":714,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-714-003","startDateTime":"1972-04-20T14:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-20T14:38:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1972","startTime":"9:27 AM","endDate":"20-Apr-1972","endTime":"9:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:27 am and 9:38 am. 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Kissinger\n\n     Soviet summit\n          -Possible cancellation\n          -Kissinger\n               -Negotiations\n                     -Anti-ballistic missiles [ABMs]\n                           -National Command [Authority] [NCA]\n\nHaldeman left at an unknown time before 9:38 am.","filename":["714a.mp3","714b.mp3","714c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:55:36","tapeEnd":"00:59:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. 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