{"conversationCode":"439-031","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-031","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T00:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T00:44:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"8:32 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"8:44 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 8:32 pm and 8:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-031 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. 439-31\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:32 pm and 8:44 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with an unknown person [Alexander M. Haig, Jr.?].\n\n       Unknown person’s contacts with George H. W. Bush","filename":["439-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"439-030","nextCode":"439-032","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":4.03,"text":"George Bush."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an brief, late-evening meeting with an unidentified associate, potentially Alexander M. Haig, Jr., to discuss matters involving George H. W. Bush. The conversation centered specifically on the associate's recent interactions or communications with Bush. No further details regarding the nature of these contacts or resulting administrative directives are audible in the provided transcript.","topics":["George H. W. Bush","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:14:00.897Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-w-bush","alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-031.mp3","bytes":524288,"durationSec":16.27,"bitrate":257846,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}