{"conversationCode":"382-016","tapeNumber":382,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-382-016","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T18:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T19:24:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:19 PM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"2:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On December 17, 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 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 382-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 382-16\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n       Draft of the President’s letter to Nguyen Van Thieu\n             -Completion by secretary\n                    -Request for a meeting with Haig\n             -Manolo Sanchez","filename":["382-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"382-015","nextCode":"382-017","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":15.3,"text":"Well, how soon is that girl finishes that rough draft over?"},{"start":16.39,"end":16.57,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":16.59,"end":16.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.71,"end":16.81,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.83,"end":16.93,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinated the finalization of a letter addressed to South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. The discussion focused on the clerical progress of the draft and the scheduling of a follow-up meeting between Haig and Thieu. Manolo Sanchez was tasked with facilitating these administrative arrangements to ensure the correspondence was completed promptly.","topics":["Nguyen Van Thieu","Vietnam War","Diplomatic correspondence","Alexander Haig","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:43:15.334Z"},"topicSlugs":["nguyen-van-thieu","vietnam-war","diplomatic-correspondence","alexander-haig","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"382-016.mp3","bytes":526625,"durationSec":21.79,"bitrate":193375,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/382-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/382-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/382/conversation-382-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}