{"conversationCode":"009-023","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-023","startDateTime":"1971-09-15T18:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-15T18:33:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:32 PM","endDate":"15-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-023 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 9-23\n\nDate: September 15, 1971\nTime: 2:32 pm - 2:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 277-15]\n\n     Foreign aid report\n          -Memo\n          -Number of countries","filename":["009-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:36:43","tapeEnd":"00:37:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"009-022","nextCode":"009-024","transcript":[{"start":0.76,"end":2.02,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.04,"end":2.3,"text":"General Haig."},{"start":3.18,"end":3.54,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.56,"end":3.8,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.12,"end":4.71,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.29,"end":6.89,"text":"That memo is exactly what I need."},{"start":6.91,"end":8.43,"text":"You don't need to have them do the other things."},{"start":8.49,"end":12.58,"text":"I just want the countries currently receiving aid, which is 91."},{"start":12.68,"end":13.42,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":13.85,"end":14.53,"text":"And so that's fine."},{"start":14.55,"end":15.41,"text":"That's a good job."},{"start":15.67,"end":16.05,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":16.19,"end":16.57,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":16.75,"end":17.11,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. regarding a report on foreign aid. Nixon approved the provided memo detailing the ninety-one countries currently receiving assistance and instructed Haig to halt any further work on additional components of the project. The discussion served to confirm that the information provided met the President's specific requirements.","topics":["Foreign aid","Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","Presidential decision-making","Administrative oversight"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:51:46.959Z"},"topicSlugs":["foreign-aid","alexander-haig","presidential-decision-making","administrative-oversight"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-023.mp3","bytes":460172,"durationSec":19.12,"bitrate":192578,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/009/conversation-009-023","catalogNaId":417189665,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417189665","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}