{"conversationCode":"377-014","tapeNumber":377,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-377-014","startDateTime":"1972-10-29T15:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-29T15:20:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:07 AM","endDate":"29-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:20 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 10:07 am and 10:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 377-014 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. 377-14\n\nDate: October 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:07 am and 10:20 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nAlexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.\n\n        The President’s schedule\n\n        Vietnam negotiations\n            -The President’s forthcoming letter to Nguyen Van Thieu\n                -Points\n                    -Coalition government\n                    -Future","filename":["377-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"377-013","nextCode":"377-015","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":3.17,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":4.06,"end":4.32,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":54.28,"end":74.62,"text":"You've got to say, this is not a coalition."},{"start":74.64,"end":75.12,"text":"This is not a coalition."},{"start":75.14,"end":76.11,"text":"This is not a coalition."},{"start":76.12,"end":76.61,"text":"This is not a coalition."},{"start":76.63,"end":77.11,"text":"This is not a coalition."},{"start":77.13,"end":77.61,"text":"This is not a coalition."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig met to refine the diplomatic messaging regarding ongoing Vietnam peace negotiations. The discussion focused on drafting a letter to South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to explicitly clarify that the proposed agreement would not constitute a coalition government. This effort sought to manage Thieu's concerns and ensure the integrity of the U.S. negotiating position as the peace process progressed.","topics":["Vietnam War","Nguyen Van Thieu","Peace negotiations","Coalition government","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:31:20.275Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","nguyen-van-thieu","peace-negotiations","coalition-government","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":85,"audioFiles":[{"file":"377-014.mp3","bytes":2035669,"durationSec":84.75,"bitrate":192165,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/377-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/377-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/377/conversation-377-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}