{"conversationCode":"046-055","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-055","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:08:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"1:07 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"1:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-055 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. 46-55\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 1:07 pm - 1:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The recording began at an unknown time while\nthe conversation was in progress.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-22]\n\f                                             -32-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n     Unknown man’s location","filename":["046-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"046-054","nextCode":"046-056","transcript":[{"start":1.55,"end":2.33,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.35,"end":3.55,"text":"It'll be about 20 minutes."},{"start":3.57,"end":5.64,"text":"He's en route in the car to his office."},{"start":5.8,"end":6.84,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":6.86,"end":9.69,"text":"And I'll get the work to you, right?"},{"start":9.71,"end":10.29,"text":"Oh, swell, swell."},{"start":10.37,"end":11.35,"text":"Okay, I'll be around."},{"start":11.37,"end":14.38,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate the logistics of a briefing or document delivery involving a third party who is currently in transit to an office. The brief exchange focuses on scheduling the arrival of materials to the President within approximately 20 minutes. No major policy decisions are reached, as the conversation serves primarily as a status update on administrative communication.","topics":["Logistics","Scheduling","White House Administration","Document management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:25:44.343Z"},"topicSlugs":["logistics","scheduling","white-house-administration","document-management"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-055.mp3","bytes":620544,"durationSec":19.25,"bitrate":257843,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}