{"conversationCode":"324-039","tapeNumber":324,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-324-039","startDateTime":"1972-03-22T21:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-22T22:00:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1972","startTime":"4:03 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1972","endTime":"5:00 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 4:03 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-039 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. 324-39\n\nDate: March 22, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:03 pm and 5:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [Alexander M. Haig, Jr.?].\n\n     Bangladesh\n          -Bilateral relief funds\n                -United Nations [UN]\n                -India-Pakistan War\n                -Soviet Union","filename":["324-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:57:40","tapeEnd":"03:58:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"324-038","nextCode":"324-040","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":16.13,"text":"Do I understand that $100 million for the humanitarian relief has been bilateral?"},{"start":16.15,"end":20.43,"text":"In other words, or is that all we can do in the now?"},{"start":20.45,"end":21.05,"text":"What's the sense of the world?"},{"start":21.07,"end":27.46,"text":"Well, it says we have informed you on the end of our initial contribution to the humanitarian program."},{"start":27.48,"end":28.42,"text":"What have we said in that respect to the world?"},{"start":33.58,"end":52.13,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig review the United States' humanitarian aid strategy regarding the recently formed nation of Bangladesh. The discussion centers on the allocation and structure of $100 million in relief funds, specifically debating whether aid should be administered bilaterally or channeled through the United Nations. Nixon seeks clarification on the international perception of the American contribution following the recent conflict between India and Pakistan.","topics":["Bangladesh","Humanitarian aid","Foreign policy","Bilateral assistance","United Nations","India-Pakistan War"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:09:24.273Z"},"topicSlugs":["bangladesh","humanitarian-aid","foreign-policy","bilateral-assistance","united-nations","india-pakistan-war"],"audioDurationSec":56,"audioFiles":[{"file":"324-039.mp3","bytes":2226469,"durationSec":55.52,"bitrate":320829,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.569Z","transcriptGapSeconds":35,"transcriptGapShare":0.62,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/324-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/324/conversation-324-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}