{"conversationCode":"312-024","tapeNumber":312,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-312-024","startDateTime":"1972-01-11T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-11T20:32:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On January 11, 1972, 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 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 312-24\n\nDate: January 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n     Haig's health\n\n     News\n\n     Vietnam\n          -Military action\n                -Press coverage\n\n     Haig’s health","filename":["312a.mp3","312b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:40:11","tapeEnd":"03:41:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"312-023","nextCode":"312-025","tapeTranscriptFile":"312a.mp3,312b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":13347.75,"end":13349.22,"text":"How are you doing today?"},{"start":13349.3,"end":13352,"text":"Better?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":13221,"end":13352,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig held an informal meeting to discuss Haig's recent health status and recovery. The conversation also briefly touched upon ongoing military operations in Vietnam and the corresponding media coverage of the conflict. No formal policy decisions were recorded during this brief update.","topics":["Alexander Haig","Health","Vietnam War","Military operations","Media coverage"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:34:59.189Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","health","vietnam-war","military-operations","media-coverage"],"audioDurationSec":92,"audioFiles":[{"file":"312a.mp3","bytes":124249096,"durationSec":7330.35,"bitrate":135599,"missing":false},{"file":"312b.mp3","bytes":113090288,"durationSec":7084.94,"bitrate":127696,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.277Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/312/conversation-312-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}