{"conversationCode":"442-026","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-026","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:58 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:58 pm to 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-026 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. 442-026\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: 1:58 pm - 2:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the\nWatergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box\n172, “Transcript Prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary\nCommittee…,” pages 40-41 (.pdf pages 44-45). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff\nreviewed the transcript and made changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under\nthe provisions of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA).\nThe National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]\n\n[See also Conversation No. 039-075]\n\n[Begin transcribed portion]\n\n[End transcribed portion]","filename":["442-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"442-025","nextCode":"442-027","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":22.77,"text":"So, I wondered if you got him from Bazaar yet?"},{"start":22.79,"end":22.89,"text":"Good."},{"start":22.91,"end":23.21,"text":"I'll be damned."},{"start":23.23,"end":23.8,"text":"And the guy took it all out?"},{"start":23.82,"end":24.64,"text":"Not horrible to take it out of the, uh..."},{"start":24.66,"end":25.36,"text":"He's not in this file with me, sir."},{"start":25.38,"end":25.68,"text":"He's not there."},{"start":25.7,"end":26.36,"text":"But he hasn't found anything yet?"},{"start":44.58,"end":49.9,"text":"Sure."},{"start":49.92,"end":50.02,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig held a brief discussion regarding the status of a specific individual, likely a source or operative, and the retrieval of sensitive files. The President questioned Haig on whether the individual had been successfully contacted and if they had yet discovered any pertinent information. The exchange concludes with Haig confirming the individual’s current lack of progress in the ongoing inquiry.","topics":["Watergate","Alexander Haig","Intelligence gathering","White House internal investigation","Record retrieval"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:27:03.408Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","alexander-haig","intelligence-gathering","white-house-internal-investigation","record-retrieval"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-026.mp3","bytes":1820672,"durationSec":56.79,"bitrate":256492,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}