{"conversationCode":"344-034","tapeNumber":344,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-344-034","startDateTime":"1972-06-21T00:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-21T00:42:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1972","startTime":"8:22 PM","endDate":"20-Jun-1972","endTime":"8:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On June 20, 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 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-034 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 344-34\n\nDate: June 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:22 and 8:42 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President spoke with an unknown person [Alexander M. Haig, Jr. ?].\n\n          [See Conversation No. 25-93]","filename":["344a.mp3","344b.mp3","344c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:57:02","tapeEnd":"00:59:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"344-033","nextCode":"345-001","tapeTranscriptFile":"344a.mp3,344b.mp3,344c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3422,"end":3430.47,"text":"I didn't get a chance to go and read Henry's report."},{"start":3430.61,"end":3444.78,"text":"I didn't get a chance to go and read Henry's report."},{"start":3449.37,"end":3452.01,"text":"That's correct."},{"start":3452.03,"end":3475.8,"text":"But any event, the ceasefire has placed them, and there may be more to go on, and we think, you know, we recall that was the line in Henry's first visit to Moscow, and they put a lot of ceasefire in there, and we can't, and we can't wait to know how it works in there."},{"start":3503.25,"end":3507.27,"text":"They're a lot closer to the theater than any part of it."},{"start":3507.29,"end":3522.8,"text":"So I just work by telling them to share my business with other people, and that's what they're saying about me."},{"start":3523.38,"end":3528,"text":"They've got a big role to play, especially others, as well as the group."},{"start":3532.79,"end":3533.45,"text":"Yeah, true."},{"start":3533.47,"end":3533.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3533.71,"end":3534.97,"text":"I think that's what I would do."},{"start":3534.99,"end":3536.84,"text":"I think that would be what I would do."},{"start":3536.86,"end":3537.26,"text":"The waiver."},{"start":3537.3,"end":3538.7,"text":"I think that's what I would do."},{"start":3538.76,"end":3540.08,"text":"I think that's what I would do."},{"start":3540.16,"end":3541.2,"text":"I think that's what I would do."},{"start":3541.26,"end":3542.98,"text":"I think that's what I would do."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3422,"end":3566,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig discuss the status of ceasefire negotiations and the implications of Henry Kissinger's recent reporting from Moscow. The conversation focuses on the strategic positioning of involved parties in the theater and the management of sensitive intelligence. Nixon concludes by emphasizing his approach to operational security and the distribution of information among his staff.","topics":["Ceasefire","Henry Kissinger","Moscow","Intelligence","Operational security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:20:33.687Z"},"topicSlugs":["ceasefire","henry-kissinger","moscow","intelligence","operational-security"],"audioDurationSec":144,"audioFiles":[{"file":"344a.mp3","bytes":117346719,"durationSec":7334.17,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false},{"file":"344b.mp3","bytes":117388836,"durationSec":7336.8,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false},{"file":"344c.mp3","bytes":35060109,"durationSec":2191.26,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.537Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/344a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/344b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/344c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/344-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/344/conversation-344-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}