{"conversationCode":"434-006","tapeNumber":434,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-434-006","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T22:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T22:35:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1973","startTime":"6:17 PM","endDate":"9-May-1973","endTime":"6:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 9, 1973, 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 6:17 pm and 6:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 434-6\n\nDate: May 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:17 pm and 6:35 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n       President’s previous conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler\n              -Judge’s forthcoming ruling\n                      -Motion [?]\n                      -Box\n\n       Leonard Garment\n\n       Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n             -Staff relations\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with Haig","filename":["434-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"434-005","nextCode":"434-007","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":28.28,"text":"Hi Al, I was talking to Ron a little and talking about the judge that he's going to wait until next week until the next week to rule off this motion that he made about security and what is the what is the yeah yeah the point is that the box is going to sit there unopened because the binder box"},{"start":33.09,"end":52.86,"text":"Are you getting along with the others?"},{"start":52.88,"end":53.3,"text":"Making some progress?"},{"start":53.32,"end":53.8,"text":"You want to go over now?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig met to discuss the status of a pending judicial ruling regarding security protocols and the handling of sensitive documents, specifically the decision to leave a binder box unopened. Haig also provided an update on his efforts to improve staff relations and organizational progress. The discussion concluded with a transition toward addressing the President's immediate schedule.","topics":["Watergate","White House Staffing","Judicial Rulings","National Security","Executive Privilege"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:56:58.223Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","white-house-staffing","judicial-rulings","national-security","executive-privilege"],"audioDurationSec":61,"audioFiles":[{"file":"434-006.mp3","bytes":1966080,"durationSec":61.33,"bitrate":256445,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/434-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/434/conversation-434-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}