{"conversationCode":"018-052","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-052","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T22:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T22:28:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"5:27 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"5:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:27 pm to 5:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-052 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 18-52\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: 5:27 pm - 5:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-28]\n\n     Location\n\n     Health\n          -Effect of trip\n\n     Meeting with the President","filename":["018-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:58:29","tapeEnd":"01:59:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"018-051","nextCode":"018-053","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":3.6,"text":"I have General Hank calling you, Mr. President."},{"start":4.84,"end":6.38,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.48,"end":7.2,"text":"Have you left yet?"},{"start":7.84,"end":8.2,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":8.24,"end":8.87,"text":"I'm in the office."},{"start":8.88,"end":9.46,"text":"How do you feel?"},{"start":10.11,"end":10.69,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":10.73,"end":11.21,"text":"Very good."},{"start":11.25,"end":12.13,"text":"You must be dead."},{"start":12.47,"end":14.27,"text":"Well, I've got a little cold, and that's..."},{"start":14.35,"end":19,"text":"But you're not under the weather or anything, yeah?"},{"start":19.72,"end":20.14,"text":"No, no."},{"start":20.16,"end":22.46,"text":"What I mean is you must be fatigued."},{"start":22.48,"end":23.08,"text":"That's what I meant."},{"start":23.54,"end":26.97,"text":"Well, it's a screwy time schedule."},{"start":26.99,"end":28.65,"text":"I think we left at about 4 o'clock."},{"start":28.67,"end":31.07,"text":"Would you like to come over for just a few minutes before I leave?"},{"start":31.27,"end":31.89,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":31.91,"end":32.77,"text":"I'm over at the EOB."},{"start":33.03,"end":33.33,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":33.35,"end":33.87,"text":"I'll be right there."},{"start":34.27,"end":34.38,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate a brief meeting at the Executive Office Building to discuss Haig's health and physical condition following recent travel. Concerned about potential fatigue, the President checks on Haig's status before their upcoming session. The call concludes with Haig agreeing to meet Nixon immediately.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential scheduling","White House personnel","Health"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:01:55.238Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","presidential-scheduling","white-house-personnel","health"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-052.mp3","bytes":865801,"durationSec":36,"bitrate":192384,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/018/conversation-018-052","catalogNaId":417192197,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192197","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}