{"conversationCode":"439-018","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T19:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T19:40:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"3:25 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"3:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-018 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. 439-18\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:25 pm and 3:40 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident met with an unknown person.\n\f                                             -12-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 439-18 (cont’d)\n\n       Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s schedule\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:40 pm.","filename":["439-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"439-017","nextCode":"439-019","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":4.08,"text":"I don't know what you're talking about."},{"start":4.1,"end":4.2,"text":"What?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to briefly discuss the scheduling of Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The discussion was fragmented and inconclusive, providing little substantive detail regarding administrative operations or strategic decision-making. The meeting concluded quickly without any clear record of action items or formal agreements.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House scheduling","Presidential administration","Internal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:12:50.311Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-scheduling","presidential-administration","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-018.mp3","bytes":299008,"durationSec":9.25,"bitrate":258508,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.769Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}