{"conversationCode":"037-138","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-138","startDateTime":"1973-03-17T15:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-17T15:15:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:14 AM","endDate":"17-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:15 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-138 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-138\n\nDate: March 17, 1973\nTime: 10:14 am-10:15 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 882-6]\n\n       Haig's schedule\n               -Location\n               -Meeting with President\n                      -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["037-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"037-137","nextCode":"037-139","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":1.31,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.33,"end":1.97,"text":"Good morning, sir."},{"start":2.59,"end":3.01,"text":"How are you?"},{"start":3.25,"end":3.77,"text":"Just fine."},{"start":3.79,"end":5.52,"text":"Are you at your office or at your home today?"},{"start":6,"end":7.3,"text":"I'm at the office, sir."},{"start":7.32,"end":8.08,"text":"Right, right."},{"start":8.18,"end":12.31,"text":"Have you got some time you could drop over this morning, or are you tied up in something?"},{"start":12.57,"end":16.05,"text":"No, no, I can... What are you up to right now, for example?"},{"start":17.05,"end":19.3,"text":"Just going through some papers, which..."},{"start":19.5,"end":21.08,"text":"Right."},{"start":21.1,"end":26.09,"text":"Supposedly you get the time, say, so we could make it about 11 o'clock?"},{"start":26.11,"end":27.33,"text":"Fine, good, sir."},{"start":27.35,"end":27.99,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":28.51,"end":29.75,"text":"Okay, let's see, we'll..."},{"start":30.3,"end":31.47,"text":"We can meet in the..."},{"start":34.8,"end":35.64,"text":"The OB, sir?"},{"start":35.66,"end":36.78,"text":"The OB is probably easier."},{"start":36.8,"end":37.04,"text":"Right."},{"start":37.06,"end":37.95,"text":"11 o'clock."},{"start":38.13,"end":38.41,"text":"Fine."},{"start":39.83,"end":42.04,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinated a brief meeting to discuss administrative matters and review pending paperwork. The two agreed to convene at 11:00 am in the Executive Office Building to facilitate their discussion. This short interaction served primarily as a logistical arrangement for their upcoming working session.","topics":["White House administration","Alexander Haig","Scheduling","Executive Office Building","Presidential meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:21:12.618Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","alexander-haig","scheduling","executive-office-building","presidential-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-138.mp3","bytes":335872,"durationSec":44.09,"bitrate":60938,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}