{"conversationCode":"439-009","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-009","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T16:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T16:35:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"12:34 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"12:35 PM","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 12:34 pm to 12:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-009 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. 439-9\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: 12:34 pm - 12:35 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-128]","filename":["439-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"439-008","nextCode":"439-010","transcript":[{"start":2.38,"end":3.68,"text":"All right, would you like to go over now?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. briefly coordinated their schedules to transition to a follow-up meeting. This exchange served as a logistical precursor to a more substantive discussion, as evidenced by the President's prompt to proceed to the next location. The conversation was limited to moving the executive agenda forward.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House logistics","Alexander Haig"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:12:01.564Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-logistics","alexander-haig"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-009.mp3","bytes":479232,"durationSec":14.85,"bitrate":258114,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}