{"conversationCode":"023-113","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-113","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T20:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T20:41:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"4:40 PM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"4:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-113 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. 23-113\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: 4:40-4:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 334-35]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n               -Arrival in Washington\n               -Meeting on Sequoia\n                      -Time\n               -Meeting with Haig","filename":["023-113.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"023-112","nextCode":"023-114","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.34,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.36,"end":3.1,"text":"General Haig returning your call, Mr. President."},{"start":3.14,"end":4.08,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":4.3,"end":5.29,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.31,"end":6.13,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":6.15,"end":8.53,"text":"I just wanted to see if the plans were still the same."},{"start":9.36,"end":9.76,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":9.82,"end":13.79,"text":"I've gotten a message to Henry, and he's been back."},{"start":14.33,"end":17.53,"text":"He is due to touch down at 6.15."},{"start":17.51,"end":22.64,"text":"We have a helicopter which could take us right to the Sequoia."},{"start":23.04,"end":23.18,"text":"Good."},{"start":23.36,"end":23.98,"text":"All right."},{"start":24.08,"end":25.95,"text":"And we could meet there at 6.30 then?"},{"start":26.43,"end":26.87,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":26.91,"end":28.77,"text":"Should be just about 6.30."},{"start":28.89,"end":31.77,"text":"I'll just go to the Sequoia and be there at 6.30 and you'll meet him, will you?"},{"start":31.97,"end":32.4,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":32.62,"end":33.78,"text":"I'll meet him and bring him there."},{"start":33.8,"end":34,"text":"Good deal."},{"start":34.02,"end":35.12,"text":"I think we'll just have the three of us."},{"start":35.4,"end":36.88,"text":"Fine, Mr. President."},{"start":36.9,"end":37.36,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate the logistics for Henry Kissinger’s arrival in Washington and a subsequent private meeting. They confirm that Kissinger will be met by Haig upon landing and transported via helicopter to the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. The participants finalize the schedule for this three-way meeting to take place at 6:30 pm.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Alexander Haig","Presidential scheduling","Sequoia","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:42:01.513Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","alexander-haig","presidential-scheduling","sequoia","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-113.mp3","bytes":937272,"durationSec":38.98,"bitrate":192353,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-113.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-113","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-113","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}