{"conversationCode":"439-006","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-006","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T15:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T15:51:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"11:48 AM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"11:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:48 am to 11:51 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-006 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":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 439-6\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: 11:48 am - 11:51 am\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-125]","filename":["439-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"439-005","nextCode":"439-007","transcript":[{"start":1.72,"end":28.49,"text":"Hi, Al, do you have an enemy?"},{"start":28.51,"end":28.79,"text":"Oh, I'm sorry."},{"start":28.81,"end":30.19,"text":"I was thinking that maybe on... Do you want to come over now?"},{"start":31.45,"end":40.16,"text":"Or do you want to work on it first?"},{"start":41.98,"end":46.03,"text":"Well, I just want to say that, in other words, he's got facts that he needs."},{"start":46.43,"end":49.75,"text":"In other words, he's got something to help him right."},{"start":49.77,"end":50.11,"text":"That's the point."},{"start":50.13,"end":59.28,"text":"And there's the evening that we want to put this in."},{"start":59.3,"end":59.72,"text":"Right, leave that up."},{"start":59.74,"end":60.16,"text":"Oh, sure, sure, sure."},{"start":60.31,"end":63.03,"text":"Do you understand?"},{"start":63.41,"end":64.11,"text":"I'm not dictating."},{"start":64.67,"end":65.53,"text":"I'm just throwing a sentence."},{"start":65.56,"end":72.84,"text":"But he did think that putting in some of this was like a good idea."},{"start":72.86,"end":72.96,"text":"Okay."},{"start":72.98,"end":73.12,"text":"Okay."},{"start":73.14,"end":75.87,"text":"Al, then how are we leaving?"},{"start":75.91,"end":77.35,"text":"Do you still want to stick to a clock?"},{"start":78.39,"end":80.49,"text":"Or is that better than doing it all the time?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate the strategic presentation of specific information to an unnamed individual, emphasizing the need to provide factual support for a desired narrative. The pair discusses the timing and methodology for releasing this material, balancing the preference for a structured timeline versus a continuous flow of communication. Nixon underscores his desire to guide the approach without appearing to rigidly dictate the final execution.","topics":["Information management","Strategic communication","White House coordination","Public relations","Presidential strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:11:45.563Z"},"topicSlugs":["information-management","strategic-communication","white-house-coordination","public-relations","presidential-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":96,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-006.mp3","bytes":3076096,"durationSec":96.03,"bitrate":256270,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}