{"conversationCode":"937-001","tapeNumber":937,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-937-001","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T12:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-12T12:35:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"8:30 AM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"8:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:30 am to 8:35 am. 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Scowcroft\n          -South Vietnam\n                -Cable\n                      -Sign\n                -Nguyen Van Thieu\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Congressional leaders\n                 -Timmons\n                 -Vietnam negotiations\n                 -Cancellation\n                 -Agreement\n                       -Paris\n                 -Economic controls\n                 -Postponement\n\n     Watergate\n          -News summary\n\f                                               -2-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 937-1 (cont’d)\n\n                  -Spiro Agnew’s speech\n                        -Herbert W. Kalmbach\n                        -John W. Dean, III\n\nHaig left at 8:35 am.","filename":["937-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"936-006","nextCode":"937-002","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":6.2,"text":"Hi Alex, what is the deal with, uh, uh, him stepping in and fighting these leaders before he knows the opportunity?"},{"start":6.21,"end":9.2,"text":"Uh, yes sir, I talked to Henry about it."},{"start":9.26,"end":14.4,"text":"He said he thought we could better do it than any event because I'll have to caution him if he fails."},{"start":15.98,"end":23.14,"text":"And he also, uh, did what he said he couldn't get to here unless we had had him at least a day before."},{"start":23.2,"end":27.15,"text":"And most of them, he had some son on staff, I'm sure."},{"start":29.06,"end":37.72,"text":"It would be very worthwhile to get asked, especially if you're the Jackson type of person."},{"start":37.74,"end":39.48,"text":"Okay."},{"start":40.51,"end":46.45,"text":"And the substance goes fluid, or as you say, he got out of here great or what?"},{"start":46.47,"end":49.67,"text":"No, I think he's, I still think he's confident that he'll get to that point."},{"start":49.71,"end":52.94,"text":"I'm waiting right now to hear from him."},{"start":52.96,"end":54.96,"text":"I've got an hour and two to go."},{"start":55,"end":55.06,"text":"Yes."},{"start":57.68,"end":58.2,"text":"See this?"},{"start":58.72,"end":60.34,"text":"I've got school crops and nothing to do with it."},{"start":62.58,"end":64.46,"text":"It says here it needs to be affirmed."},{"start":64.48,"end":67.1,"text":"Able site on the right."},{"start":67.12,"end":69.22,"text":"He's going to run a fleet that goes."},{"start":69.44,"end":78.59,"text":"So this is a true modification on the conditions that are here as well."},{"start":78.61,"end":82.11,"text":"And boy, it is something to pay attention to."},{"start":82.13,"end":84.61,"text":"Yeah, well, we've got to do a second."},{"start":84.69,"end":85.87,"text":"Let's see what we want to do."},{"start":85.93,"end":86.91,"text":"We want to do a second."},{"start":87.53,"end":88.21,"text":"Yes, he is."},{"start":88.25,"end":93.37,"text":"Can I, uh... Can I hold the gun?"},{"start":98.11,"end":104.99,"text":"First, can we stand together?"},{"start":105.09,"end":111.71,"text":"It would be better to call him off snap basis."},{"start":111.75,"end":111.79,"text":"I..."},{"start":112.15,"end":115.49,"text":"I'll tell him to have a look."},{"start":119.8,"end":122.5,"text":"Well, I think we should."},{"start":122.72,"end":128.4,"text":"I don't think I should walk in there and say, well, we can't reach agreement in Paris."},{"start":128.46,"end":138.08,"text":"And then, of course, we will be calling it tomorrow for the economic thing."},{"start":138.12,"end":141.37,"text":"What we should do is just postpone it to tomorrow."},{"start":141.38,"end":145.85,"text":"Yeah, just say our meeting has been postponed until a certain time."},{"start":151.85,"end":152.12,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":153.86,"end":156.58,"text":"He knows that, uh, he knows your water gets, uh, you're sending him."},{"start":156.6,"end":157.14,"text":"It's good."},{"start":157.7,"end":159.48,"text":"I don't think it's good."},{"start":159.6,"end":161.38,"text":"See, yeah, it's fine."},{"start":161.4,"end":163.91,"text":"I didn't think below that, though."},{"start":164.69,"end":165.43,"text":"It's like a river."},{"start":166.69,"end":168.91,"text":"I wouldn't be talking business now."},{"start":168.93,"end":169.79,"text":"Yeah, I'm talking business."},{"start":170.11,"end":176.06,"text":"There's a, there's a, I know this is interesting, and certainly shows a lot of water-based things, but it's one that's, uh, picks up baggages."},{"start":176.18,"end":178.88,"text":"He talks about a compact bag."},{"start":178.9,"end":179.86,"text":"He talks about a compact bag."},{"start":191.97,"end":192.12,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig met to coordinate the President's schedule with congressional leaders, specifically addressing briefings on the upcoming Leonid Brezhnev summit and Vietnam negotiations. 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