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Nixon & Haig on Sequoia and Confidentiality

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 4:40 PM–4:41 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation334-035 on Tape 334 (tape position 02:28:36–02:29:47)StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:40 PMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:41 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 334-035 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate the logistics for a private evening meeting aboard the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. They confirm a 6:30 p.m. arrival time to meet with an unnamed third participant. The discussion focuses exclusively on finalizing these arrangements for the small, confidential gathering.

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Yeah, yeah.
Al, I just wanted to see if the plans were still the same.
Then we can meet there at 6.30 then.
Well, I'll just go to the Sequoia and be there at 6.30, and you'll meet him, will you?
Good deal.
I think we'll just have the three of us.
All right.

NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 334-35

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 4:40 pm - 4:41 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 23-113]

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

  • 023-112 4:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 334-034 4:38 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 023-113 4:40 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 334-036 4:41 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, unknown person(s), Clyde A. Tolson, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Helen Gandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:17 pm.
  • 023-114 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 023-115 4:51 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:57 pm.
  • 023-116 4:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm.
  • 023-117 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 334-035, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-035 (accessed October 27, 2026).