{"conversationCode":"046-006","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-006","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"2:15 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"2:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 11, 1973, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 2:15 pm to 2:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 46-6\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: 2:15 pm - 2:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nAlexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 434-14]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          - Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haig, Alexander M., Jr.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"046-005","nextCode":"046-007","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":1.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.11,"end":1.87,"text":"General Haig."},{"start":2.81,"end":3.37,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.39,"end":3.93,"text":"Oh, hi."},{"start":4.33,"end":6.23,"text":"Mr. President, I don't think you should see Walters."},{"start":7.41,"end":7.51,"text":"Okay."},{"start":7.79,"end":10.12,"text":"At all, because that'll be the first question they ask him."},{"start":11.38,"end":11.98,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":12,"end":12.38,"text":"We can't bear that."},{"start":12.4,"end":12.64,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.74,"end":16.36,"text":"Well, just let me..."},{"start":18.69,"end":20.01,"text":"If you've got a minute, you could come over."},{"start":20.13,"end":20.53,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":20.87,"end":20.99,"text":"Fine."},{"start":21.15,"end":21.47,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.57,"end":22.39,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander M. Haig, Jr. advised President Nixon against meeting with Lieutenant General Vernon A. Walters to avoid attracting undue attention from investigators or the press. Nixon promptly accepted this counsel, acknowledging the potential liability such a meeting would create. Consequently, the two agreed to meet privately instead to discuss the matter further.","topics":["Vernon A. Walters","Watergate scandal","White House strategy","Political damage control","Executive privilege"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:21:11.329Z"},"topicSlugs":["vernon-a-walters","watergate-scandal","white-house-strategy","political-damage-control","executive-privilege"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-006.mp3","bytes":901120,"durationSec":28.07,"bitrate":256851,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}