{"conversationCode":"046-142","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":142,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-142","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T15:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T15:37:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"11:36 AM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"11:37 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:36 am to 11:37 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-142 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. 46-142\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: 11:36 am - 11:37 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 438-31]\n\f                                             -87-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n     Forthcoming White House statement on Watergate\n           -Wording\n                -Haig and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["046-142.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"046-141","nextCode":"046-143","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.32,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":3.7,"end":20.87,"text":"You know, with regard to this paper, there's no problem on the whole thing except for one sentence where we didn't quite, you know, where we roughed out two sentences to replace the one that I authorized the use of any means and so forth and so on."},{"start":20.89,"end":21.2,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":21.55,"end":23.66,"text":"I wondered if you would, Fred, would..."},{"start":24.4,"end":28.39,"text":"those two sentences down, and I should see that before it's in the final paper."},{"start":28.41,"end":29.71,"text":"That won't slow you up, will it?"},{"start":29.73,"end":30.22,"text":"No, not a bit."},{"start":30.24,"end":31.78,"text":"We're just doing that right now."},{"start":31.8,"end":31.9,"text":"Fine."},{"start":31.94,"end":34.21,"text":"Bring that over to me, if you would, or somebody."},{"start":34.41,"end":34.69,"text":"All right."},{"start":34.71,"end":35.89,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted Alexander Haig regarding the specific language of a forthcoming White House statement concerning the Watergate scandal. The President reviewed a draft containing replacements for a sentence involving his authorization of \"any means\" and requested that the revised text be brought to him for final approval. This exchange ensured that the administration's official position on the matter was carefully vetted prior to public release.","topics":["Watergate","White House statements","Executive privilege","Public relations","Alexander Haig"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:33:45.326Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","white-house-statements","executive-privilege","public-relations","alexander-haig"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-142.mp3","bytes":1333248,"durationSec":41.53,"bitrate":256805,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.005Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-142.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-142","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-142","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}