{"conversationCode":"003-063","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":63,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-063","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T12:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T12:53:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"8:52 AM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"8:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:52 am to 8:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-063 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 003-063\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: 8:52 am - 8:53 am\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 501-001]\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n          -Gerard C. Smith\n\n     President's schedule\n          -William P. Rogers\n          -Haig","filename":["003-063.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:14:05","tapeEnd":"01:14:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"003-062","nextCode":"003-064","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.45,"end":1.35,"text":"General Haig, Mr. President."},{"start":1.66,"end":1.92,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.44,"end":3.88,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.32,"end":6.07,"text":"Henry, I know he's in a meeting with Smith."},{"start":6.11,"end":7.91,"text":"Step in here before I meet with Rogers."},{"start":7.93,"end":8.99,"text":"If you could come in now, please."},{"start":9.21,"end":10.12,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":10.14,"end":10.28,"text":"I will."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs Alexander Haig to meet with him immediately prior to a scheduled session with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The conversation serves to coordinate staff access and scheduling for the President's upcoming diplomatic deliberations. Nixon specifically notes that Henry Kissinger is currently occupied in a meeting with Gerard C. Smith, necessitating Haig's prompt arrival for a briefing.","topics":["White House scheduling","Alexander Haig","William P. Rogers","Henry Kissinger","Diplomatic strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:26:21.870Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","alexander-haig","william-p-rogers","henry-kissinger","diplomatic-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-063.mp3","bytes":137133,"durationSec":11,"bitrate":99761,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.598Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-063.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-063","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-063","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}