{"conversationCode":"933-009","tapeNumber":933,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-933-009","startDateTime":"1973-06-06T15:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-06T15:40:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:37 AM","endDate":"6-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Laird, Melvin R.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On June 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 11:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 933-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"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. 933-9\n\nDate: June 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:37 am and 11:40 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Melvin R. Laird and Alexander M. Haig, Jr..\n\n       Weather\n       White House staff roles\n             -Roy L. Ash\n\f                                              -35-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 933-9 (cont’d)\n\n              -George P. Shultz’s role\n                    -Treasury Department\n                    -Energy\n\nThe tape cut out at an unknown time before 11:41 am.","filename":["933-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Laird, Melvin R.","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"933-008","nextCode":"933-010","transcript":[{"start":10.55,"end":12.59,"text":"I figure that Ed basically is in the top."},{"start":13.25,"end":15.33,"text":"He's basically in the top by a step or two."},{"start":15.47,"end":20.22,"text":"And we've kind of changed the Schultz thing around a little bit."},{"start":20.24,"end":25.74,"text":"That's moving in a different direction at the present time."},{"start":25.88,"end":30.73,"text":"Because he's really going to spend time with the trade."},{"start":30.91,"end":31.69,"text":"Well, that's right."},{"start":31.71,"end":35.93,"text":"But we're going to move him out of energy, and he knows that."},{"start":35.97,"end":38.05,"text":"Then I think we want to look over the long haul."},{"start":39.3,"end":41,"text":"Well, really, the secretary's in Turkey."},{"start":46.23,"end":47.85,"text":"Well, really, the secretary's in Turkey."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Melvin Laird and Alexander Haig to discuss personnel shifts and the restructuring of responsibilities within the White House staff. The conversation focused on reassigning George Shultz’s duties, specifically moving him out of his energy portfolio to prioritize trade policy. The participants also touched upon the organizational roles of Roy Ash and other administrative adjustments to long-term policy management.","topics":["White House staff","George Shultz","Energy policy","Trade policy","Personnel management","Roy Ash"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:29:29.776Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staff","george-shultz","energy-policy","trade-policy","personnel-management","roy-ash"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"933-009.mp3","bytes":1706477,"durationSec":53.23,"bitrate":256458,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.649Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:05.296Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/933-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/933-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/933/conversation-933-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}