{"conversationCode":"436-016","tapeNumber":436,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-436-016","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T00:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T00:20:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"8:15 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"8:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 436-016 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. 436-16\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:15 pm and 8:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n      Haig’s schedule","filename":["436-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"436-015","nextCode":"436-017","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":0.7,"text":"Hi, Al?"},{"start":1.82,"end":5.02,"text":"Finished your meeting or still in?"},{"start":5.04,"end":5.32,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":5.5,"end":6.31,"text":"You got a minute?"},{"start":6.33,"end":7.87,"text":"Want to come over to have a minute?"},{"start":7.89,"end":8.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon summoned Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to his office in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief administrative consultation. The discussion focused on coordinating Haig’s immediate availability and personal schedule following the conclusion of his prior meetings. This interaction served to facilitate urgent face-to-face communication between the President and his Chief of Staff.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:05:07.581Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"436-016.mp3","bytes":489472,"durationSec":15.16,"bitrate":258296,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/436-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/436-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/436/conversation-436-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}