{"conversationCode":"251-045","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-045","startDateTime":"1971-04-29T22:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-29T23:27:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Apr-1971","startTime":"6:37 PM","endDate":"29-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-045 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 251-45\n\nDate: April 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:37 pm and 7:27 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nGeneral Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President\n\n     Prisoners of War [POWs]\n          -Intermediaries","filename":["251-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:06:45","tapeEnd":"03:08:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"251-044","nextCode":"251-046","transcript":[{"start":0.11,"end":0.25,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.29,"end":14.03,"text":"Thank you for sending these prisoners, but I never offered you the sense that we'd suggest that another nation or other organizations could do it."},{"start":14.19,"end":15.37,"text":"Is that it?"},{"start":16.2,"end":16.32,"text":"Sure."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig confer regarding the sensitive diplomatic channels utilized for the release of prisoners of war (POWs). The discussion focuses on clarifying the administration's stance on the involvement of third-party nations and outside organizations in facilitating these negotiations. Nixon emphasizes the importance of maintaining direct control over these interactions to ensure that no unauthorized assurances are conveyed to external parties.","topics":["Prisoners of War","Diplomatic Negotiations","Foreign Policy","Alexander Haig","Nixon Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:47:58.964Z"},"topicSlugs":["prisoners-of-war","diplomatic-negotiations","foreign-policy","alexander-haig","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-045.mp3","bytes":677930,"durationSec":16.81,"bitrate":322552,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}