{"conversationCode":"437-017","tapeNumber":437,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-437-017","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T19:35:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"3:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 18, 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 3:00 pm and 3:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 437-017 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. 437-17\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:35 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [Alexander M. Haig, Jr. ?].\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["437-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"437-016","nextCode":"437-018","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":1.2,"text":"All right."},{"start":1.22,"end":1.39,"text":"Hold it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to discuss internal administrative matters amidst the escalating pressure of the Watergate investigation. While the transcript remains largely unintelligible, the meeting reflects the ongoing reliance on Haig for managing White House operations and personnel during a critical period of staff turnover. No definitive policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Watergate scandal","White House operations","Alexander Haig","Richard Nixon","Administration management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:06:51.091Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","white-house-operations","alexander-haig","richard-nixon","administration-management"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"437-017.mp3","bytes":378880,"durationSec":11.73,"bitrate":258327,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/437-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/437-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/437/conversation-437-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}