{"conversationCode":"377-005","tapeNumber":377,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-377-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-29T12:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-29T14:20:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:26 AM","endDate":"29-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On October 29, 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 7:26 am and 9:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 377-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 377-5\n\nDate: October 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:26 am and 9:20 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n        Henry A. Kissinger\n           -Schedule\n                -New York\n                -The President’s schedule\n           -News from Vietnam\n           -Request for a meeting with Haig","filename":["377-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"377-004","nextCode":"377-006","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":3.69,"text":"Hi, Al."},{"start":4.83,"end":14.89,"text":"Hi, how are you?"},{"start":14.91,"end":20.06,"text":"Say, is, uh, Henry going to be in today?"},{"start":20.08,"end":20.18,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.2,"end":22.46,"text":"Is he at home?"},{"start":22.48,"end":23.34,"text":"Don't bother."},{"start":23.36,"end":27.11,"text":"If he comes in before I leave at 11, I will be in service."},{"start":27.13,"end":28.67,"text":"Why, uh, I mean, is there, uh, anything moving or anything today?"},{"start":31.99,"end":40.55,"text":"If you've got a person now, are you busy?"},{"start":40.57,"end":48.85,"text":"Working on something?"},{"start":48.87,"end":49.99,"text":"Your thoughts, right?"},{"start":50.01,"end":50.35,"text":"Good."},{"start":50.37,"end":51.33,"text":"Why don't you drop over for a minute?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander Haig regarding Henry Kissinger's whereabouts and potential availability to discuss ongoing developments. The conversation focused on coordinating the President's schedule and evaluating the latest updates from the Vietnam negotiations. Nixon ultimately requested that Haig meet with him personally to deliberate on these sensitive matters.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Vietnam peace negotiations","Presidential scheduling","Foreign policy","Alexander Haig"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:30:29.187Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","vietnam-peace-negotiations","presidential-scheduling","foreign-policy","alexander-haig"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"377-005.mp3","bytes":1408103,"durationSec":58.61,"bitrate":192188,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:29.539Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/377-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/377-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/377/conversation-377-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}