{"conversationCode":"435-031","tapeNumber":435,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-435-031","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T19:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T19:51:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"3:44 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"3:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:44 pm to 3:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-031 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":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 435-31\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 3:44 pm-3:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\f                                             -24-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-63]","filename":["435-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"435-030","nextCode":"435-032","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.42,"text":"Hello now."},{"start":3.58,"end":15.4,"text":"Why don't you tell the IES, ask me to put John Connery on your mind, and in fact, why don't you do that?"},{"start":15.42,"end":18.75,"text":"And so that way you, if you want to, I can watch your show."},{"start":34.88,"end":40.08,"text":"I do agree with Bill."},{"start":66.89,"end":67.35,"text":"."},{"start":67.37,"end":67.63,"text":"."},{"start":67.65,"end":68.05,"text":"."},{"start":68.07,"end":68.39,"text":"."},{"start":68.71,"end":94.87,"text":"."},{"start":96.54,"end":110.16,"text":"I don't even understand."},{"start":132.18,"end":137.33,"text":"We can win in a reasonable amount of federal programs."},{"start":202.33,"end":210.56,"text":"But the main thing they're gonna have to rather than hand it to the actual director, which is to say, goddamn right, we did it."},{"start":210.58,"end":211.95,"text":"And we're gonna do it back the way it has to."},{"start":234.61,"end":252.4,"text":"Well, that's funny, but that was my favorite word."},{"start":268.56,"end":269.13,"text":"I'll be here."},{"start":269.93,"end":275.38,"text":"But I felt that today was the day that I did more comedy, more time to make the corrections"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig held a brief, informal meeting in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative strategy and personnel considerations. Their conversation touched on the potential involvement of John Connally and the management of federal programs to ensure effective executive control. The discussion primarily focused on navigating internal political maneuvers and reinforcing the administration's authority in the wake of ongoing institutional pressures.","topics":["Personnel management","John Connally","Federal programs","Executive authority","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:02:34.345Z"},"topicSlugs":["personnel-management","john-connally","federal-programs","executive-authority","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":292,"audioFiles":[{"file":"435-031.mp3","bytes":9342976,"durationSec":291.87,"bitrate":256088,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.055Z","transcriptGapSeconds":44,"transcriptGapShare":0.15,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/435-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/435/conversation-435-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}