{"conversationCode":"045-058","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":58,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-058","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T03:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T03:08:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:07 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, [Dwight] David, II; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On April 30, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 pm and 11:08 pm. 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Haig, Jr.\n\nEisenhower conferred with the President.\n\n[Begin conferral]\n\n     Telephone call from Haig\n\n[End conferral]\n\nThe President talked with Haig.\n\n     Watergate\n\f                                               -42-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 45-58 (cont’d)\n\n           -President’s speech\n                 -Haig’s pride\n                 -President’s conversation with Henry A. Kissinger\n                       -Guardedness\n           -Kissinger’s performance\n                 -December 1972 bombing [?]","filename":["045-058.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Eisenhower, [Dwight] David, II","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"045-057","nextCode":"045-059","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":0.83,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.13,"end":3.47,"text":"General Haig calling, President."},{"start":3.49,"end":4.13,"text":"Just a moment, please."},{"start":4.41,"end":6.19,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.29,"end":6.67,"text":"He'll take it."},{"start":7.08,"end":9.42,"text":"All right."},{"start":9.44,"end":9.9,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":9.92,"end":10.68,"text":"I have to screen him."},{"start":10.98,"end":11.22,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":11.28,"end":11.86,"text":"There you are."},{"start":11.88,"end":12.7,"text":"Hello, Mr. President?"},{"start":13.27,"end":13.87,"text":"Hi, Al."},{"start":13.89,"end":14.27,"text":"How are you?"},{"start":14.73,"end":15.61,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":15.85,"end":19.19,"text":"I wanted to call you and tell you personally how proud I was of you."},{"start":20.2,"end":22.62,"text":"You're always that way, Al."},{"start":22.64,"end":23.32,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":23.66,"end":26.45,"text":"You've had some tough ones in four years here."},{"start":26.52,"end":29.33,"text":"I talked to Henry, you know, and he was rather guarded."},{"start":29.98,"end":34.29,"text":"Well, I'm not guarded at all."},{"start":34.45,"end":43.9,"text":"I know what a difficult decision this was, and I trust that you portrayed it with the kind of seriousness that it deserved."},{"start":44.84,"end":49.37,"text":"And I think you've done a great deal to clear the air, as painful as it is."},{"start":51.49,"end":52.85,"text":"Well, thank you, Al."},{"start":52.94,"end":53.6,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":53.84,"end":56.16,"text":"And I'm very, very proud, sir."},{"start":56.41,"end":59.94,"text":"Goddamn are proud of what you've done, all the crap you've had to take."},{"start":59.96,"end":62.55,"text":"But Henry will do great, too."},{"start":62.56,"end":63.73,"text":"He's a great man, you know."},{"start":64.11,"end":64.91,"text":"Yes, he will, sir."},{"start":65.03,"end":65.97,"text":"He's a try."},{"start":66.21,"end":71.67,"text":"And we've got to use him, but we must remember that, you know, you know, sir."},{"start":71.9,"end":74.81,"text":"I remember we went through in the 18th."},{"start":74.83,"end":75.19,"text":"Exactly right."},{"start":75.21,"end":76.55,"text":"All right, boy."},{"start":76.75,"end":77.17,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":77.19,"end":78.46,"text":"And how good of you to call."},{"start":78.52,"end":81.08,"text":"I hope you like that lovely house."},{"start":81.11,"end":83.45,"text":"I'm going to give my best to that pretty blonde wife."},{"start":83.75,"end":84.99,"text":"Yes, sir, I will."},{"start":85.08,"end":85.7,"text":"All right, boy."},{"start":85.72,"end":86.84,"text":"God bless you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Following his nationally televised address regarding the Watergate scandal, President Nixon received a supportive call from Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Haig expressed personal pride in the President’s handling of the crisis and his efforts to clear the air despite the difficult circumstances. The two also briefly discussed Henry Kissinger, with Haig noting Kissinger's guarded reaction to the speech and reaffirming their mutual reliance on his capabilities.","topics":["Watergate scandal","Presidential address","Alexander M. 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