{"conversationCode":"023-049","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-049","startDateTime":"1972-04-20T17:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-20T17:08:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1972","startTime":"12:07 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1972","endTime":"12:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-049 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. 23-49\n\nDate: April 20, 1972\nTime: 12:07-12:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nAlexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 714-13A]\n\n     Haig's location\n\n     The President's return call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["023-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"023-048","nextCode":"023-050","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.21,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.23,"end":2.76,"text":"General Haig calling you, Mr. President."},{"start":2.86,"end":3.18,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.2,"end":3.6,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":4.74,"end":5.2,"text":"General Haig."},{"start":5.52,"end":5.78,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.96,"end":6.42,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.25,"end":8.03,"text":"Are you in your office?"},{"start":8.15,"end":8.53,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8.99,"end":10.43,"text":"Oh, well, just stay there."},{"start":11.07,"end":12.26,"text":"I'm just talking to Ron."},{"start":12.28,"end":13.8,"text":"I'll give you a buzz in a few minutes."},{"start":13.82,"end":14.24,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.26,"end":14.8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief call to coordinate with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. regarding an ongoing discussion with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Nixon instructed Haig to remain in his office, signaling that he intended to follow up shortly to address specific administrative matters. The conversation served primarily as a logistical check-in to prepare for a subsequent, more detailed briefing.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Ronald L. Ziegler","Administrative coordination","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:36:08.173Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","ronald-l-ziegler","administrative-coordination","communication"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-049.mp3","bytes":363623,"durationSec":15.09,"bitrate":192754,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}