{"conversationCode":"801-014","tapeNumber":801,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-801-014","startDateTime":"1972-10-17T15:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T15:26:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:24 AM","endDate":"17-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 801-014 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 801-14\n\nDate: October 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:24 am and 11:26 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n        Vietnam negotiations\n            -Henry A. Kissinger\n                -The President's instructions","filename":["801-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"801-013","nextCode":"801-015","transcript":[{"start":0.56,"end":1.2,"text":"Mr. Haig, please."},{"start":4.75,"end":6.59,"text":"Have you gotten any marks in the report yet?"},{"start":13.01,"end":13.29,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.54,"end":13.88,"text":"Okay."},{"start":14.66,"end":14.9,"text":"Fine."},{"start":17.16,"end":17.42,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":17.78,"end":19.92,"text":"If you would inform me..."},{"start":23.09,"end":25.3,"text":"Well, just let me know when you're due here."},{"start":25.32,"end":29.34,"text":"But he says, I just want to keep, I've got to keep the feel of this all the way."},{"start":29.48,"end":30.73,"text":"Anything that comes in, I want to see it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to coordinate the flow of information regarding ongoing Vietnam peace negotiations. The President directed Haig to ensure that all relevant reports and updates from Henry Kissinger are immediately relayed to him. Nixon emphasized his desire to remain personally involved and informed by reviewing all incoming intelligence on the diplomatic progress.","topics":["Vietnam negotiations","Henry A. Kissinger","Foreign policy","Presidential oversight","Information management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:04:16.493Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-negotiations","henry-a-kissinger","foreign-policy","presidential-oversight","information-management"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"801-014.mp3","bytes":809377,"durationSec":33.65,"bitrate":192403,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/801-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/801-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/801/conversation-801-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}