{"conversationCode":"046-085","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-085","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T20:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T01:33:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"4:08 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"9:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 9:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-085 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":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 46-85\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:08 pm and 9:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                              -50-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n     J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.’s possible telephone call to Tom C. Huston","filename":["046-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"046-084","nextCode":"046-086","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":0.85,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.15,"end":1.59,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.89,"end":10.23,"text":"I'll tell Bizarre, if you can, to get to Houston as quickly as he can, because I think he knows more than anybody else, and then that'll save some of the other calls."},{"start":10.31,"end":10.57,"text":"Right."},{"start":10.69,"end":11.51,"text":"Actually, fine."},{"start":11.53,"end":14.06,"text":"And I'll call you in a half hour."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig discuss the urgency of consulting Tom C. Huston regarding his knowledge of sensitive matters. Nixon instructs Haig to have J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. contact Huston immediately to consolidate information and potentially preempt additional calls. The conversation concludes with a plan for a follow-up briefing in thirty minutes.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","Tom C. Huston","Information gathering","White House strategy","Watergate-related investigations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:28:29.413Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","tom-c-huston","information-gathering","white-house-strategy","watergate-related-investigations"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-085.mp3","bytes":608256,"durationSec":18.92,"bitrate":257190,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}