{"conversationCode":"324-027","tapeNumber":324,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-324-027","startDateTime":"1972-03-22T18:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-22T19:55:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1972","startTime":"1:30 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1972","endTime":"2:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On March 22, 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 1:30 pm and 2:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-027 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. 324-27\n\nDate: March 22, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n     Bangladesh\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n                -Talk with the President\n          -Instructions to Haig\n                -US humanitarian aid\n                      -United Nations [UN]\n                      -Other countries\n                            -Soviet Union","filename":["324-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:30:53","tapeEnd":"03:34:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"324-026","nextCode":"324-028","transcript":[{"start":6.51,"end":21.37,"text":"Now, on the Bangladesh thing, I don't think the interviewees had any of the developments that are occurring."},{"start":21.39,"end":25.72,"text":"I discussed this previously with Corey, but I think what we're going to have to do is say, because we're going to be too far down the pipe when we know what we're going to have to do, so we're going to have to do it."},{"start":28.28,"end":52.28,"text":"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":70.82,"end":95.01,"text":"But anyway, get it, get it so that, get as strong as possible cases done."},{"start":95.03,"end":97.37,"text":"How much we have done on the mandatory and how much we are offering in the present time as compared to other nations."},{"start":97.39,"end":98.07,"text":"So that I can say that's possible."},{"start":98.09,"end":99.09,"text":"But then with regard to recommendations, so that ."},{"start":99.11,"end":100.68,"text":"So you see if that can work out a lawful response, I don't think that's always"},{"start":104.76,"end":109.15,"text":"We'll be right back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig discussed the strategic presentation of U.S. humanitarian aid to Bangladesh to ensure the administration's contributions appear robust compared to other nations, including the Soviet Union. Nixon directed Haig to compile a strong case detailing both current aid offerings and mandatory commitments to bolster the administration's public narrative. The primary goal of this meeting was to prepare a data-driven justification for U.S. efforts that the President could utilize in upcoming briefings or diplomatic discourse.","topics":["Bangladesh","Humanitarian aid","Foreign policy","Soviet Union","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:08:19.372Z"},"topicSlugs":["bangladesh","humanitarian-aid","foreign-policy","soviet-union","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":115,"audioFiles":[{"file":"324-027.mp3","bytes":4604656,"durationSec":114.97,"bitrate":320413,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","transcriptGapSeconds":48,"transcriptGapShare":0.42,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/324-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/324/conversation-324-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}