{"conversationCode":"032-055","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-055","startDateTime":"1972-10-26T18:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-26T18:41:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:40 PM","endDate":"26-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On October 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:40 pm to 2:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-055 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 032-055\n\nDate: October 26, 1972\nTime: 2:40 pm - 2:41 pm\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. 375-17]\n\n        Henry A. Kissinger's briefing\n           -John A. Scali\n           -Time\n           -Meeting with the President","filename":["032-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"032-054","nextCode":"032-056","transcript":[{"start":0.66,"end":3.66,"text":"General Haig, Mr. President."},{"start":3.68,"end":4.04,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5,"end":13.44,"text":"I just wanted to be sure Henry was going to do that briefing that Scali recommended at 3 o'clock."},{"start":13.9,"end":16.55,"text":"After he's finished it, have him drop over and see me."},{"start":16.71,"end":18.82,"text":"Fine, I will."},{"start":18.84,"end":19.04,"text":"Okay, bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate the scheduling of a press briefing to be conducted by Henry Kissinger, following a recommendation from John Scali. Nixon instructs Haig to ensure Kissinger meets with him immediately after the briefing is completed. This exchange highlights the administration's tight control over the communication of diplomatic updates to the media.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","John Scali","Media relations","Press briefing","White House coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:05:09.453Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","john-scali","media-relations","press-briefing","white-house-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-055.mp3","bytes":569886,"durationSec":23.68,"bitrate":192529,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.405Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}