{"conversationCode":"439-030","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-030","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T00:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T00:32:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"8:30 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"8:32 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 8:30 pm to 8:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-030 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. 439-30\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: 8:30 pm - 8:32 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-135]\n\f                                            -24-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["439-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"439-029","nextCode":"439-031","transcript":[{"start":33.41,"end":55.36,"text":"That's a good one for me."},{"start":55.38,"end":57.3,"text":"That track, I think it should appear that that was down in this recommendation, but I think not."},{"start":57.32,"end":58.56,"text":"That does not appear to be a good graph that I've seen so far."},{"start":58.58,"end":59.62,"text":"I don't think it would do well for me, I'm not sure."},{"start":59.64,"end":60.38,"text":"Shall we say 9 o'clock tomorrow then?"},{"start":60.4,"end":61.42,"text":"There's a lot of pretty good experiences with this."},{"start":62.67,"end":75.67,"text":"Somebody else."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig held a brief, late-evening meeting to coordinate scheduling and discuss internal administrative preferences. The participants reviewed potential recommendations or materials, with Nixon expressing skepticism regarding the effectiveness of a specific graph or presentation. The discussion concluded with a decision to reconvene at 9:00 am the following day.","topics":["Scheduling","White House Administration","Staff Coordination","Presidential Briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:13:55.644Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","white-house-administration","staff-coordination","presidential-briefing"],"audioDurationSec":103,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-030.mp3","bytes":3297280,"durationSec":102.92,"bitrate":256298,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.772Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}