{"conversationCode":"437-020","tapeNumber":437,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-437-020","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"5:00 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 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 437-020 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. 437-20\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [Alexander M. Haig, Jr.?].\n\n       Unknown person’s schedule\n            -President’s previous conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["437-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"437-019","nextCode":"437-021","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":4.85,"text":"Are you busy?"},{"start":6.16,"end":8.72,"text":"Oh, sure, wait 15 minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate scheduling and internal communications. The brief interaction focused on the President's previous discussion with H. R. Haldeman and the logistical management of Haig's agenda. No substantive policy decisions were reached during this short preliminary exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Scheduling","White House Administration","Alexander Haig"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:07:07.128Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","scheduling","white-house-administration","alexander-haig"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"437-020.mp3","bytes":514048,"durationSec":15.97,"bitrate":257453,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/437-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/437-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/437/conversation-437-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}