Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-138
Nixon phone call with Haig on Wage-price freeze and Economic policy
Sunday, August 15, 1971 · 10:40 PM–10:42 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Alexander Haig discuss the initial positive reception to Nixon’s televised address announcing a wage-price freeze. Haig reports favorable feedback from a broad range of political and economic figures, noting that the speech successfully projected a crisp and confident tone. The conversation concludes with a brief update on Henry Kissinger’s ongoing, private negotiations regarding Vietnam, which the President hopes will be effectively camouflaged by the economic policy announcement.
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NARA Description
On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:40 pm to 10:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-138 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-138
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: 10:40 pm - 10:42 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.
Wage-price freeze speech
-Haig's reaction
-Others' reaction
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Jacob K. Javits
-J. Kenneth Galbraith
-Milton Friedman
-Frank R. Milliken
-Industry
-Chrysler
-Freeman Gosden
Vietnam negotiations
-Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-138, August 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189563). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-138 (accessed October 30, 2026).