{"conversationCode":"282-013","tapeNumber":282,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-282-013","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:10 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On October 20, 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 3:10 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-013 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 282-13\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:10 pm and 3:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Previous telephone call to William P. Rogers\n          -Request for meeting","filename":["282-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:39:33","tapeEnd":"00:40:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"282-012","nextCode":"282-014","transcript":[{"start":7.52,"end":9.24,"text":"Well, uh, you're back on stage."},{"start":9.26,"end":11.45,"text":"I talked to Rodgers a little on the phone about it."},{"start":11.49,"end":13.13,"text":"Would you like to come over and talk a little about it?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. regarding the status of a potential meeting following a prior telephone discussion with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The President instructs Haig to coordinate the logistics for this follow-up engagement. This brief interaction serves to facilitate administrative scheduling and direct communication between the President and his senior staff.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","William P. Rogers","Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:17:02.424Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","william-p-rogers","alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"282-013.mp3","bytes":694664,"durationSec":17.23,"bitrate":322598,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/282-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/282/conversation-282-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}