{"conversationCode":"440-024","tapeNumber":440,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-440-024","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T21:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T21:22:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"5:13 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"5:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:13 pm and 5:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-024 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. 440-24\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:13 pm and 5:22 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n       Patrick J. Buchanan’s contact with Spiro T. Agnew","filename":["440-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"440-023","nextCode":"440-025","transcript":[{"start":12.37,"end":14.63,"text":"But, uh, it's not a calorie reaction."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander Haig to discuss the nature and implications of Patrick Buchanan’s recent interactions with Vice President Spiro Agnew. The brief consultation focused on assessing the political fallout and potential risks associated with these communications. No major policy decisions were recorded during this short exchange regarding the internal dynamics of the administration.","topics":["Patrick Buchanan","Spiro T. Agnew","White House staff","Political strategy","Administration internal relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:17:35.702Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-buchanan","spiro-t-agnew","white-house-staff","political-strategy","administration-internal-relations"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"440-024.mp3","bytes":813056,"durationSec":25.28,"bitrate":257296,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/440-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/440/conversation-440-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}