Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-023

Nixon phone call with Haig on Foreign aid and Presidential decision-making

Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 2:32 PM–2:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation009-023 on Tape 9 (tape position 00:36:43–00:37:02)StartWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 2:32 PMEndWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 2:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-023 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189665 ↗

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NARA Description

On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-23

Date: September 15, 1971
Time: 2:32 pm - 2:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 277-15]

     Foreign aid report
          -Memo
          -Number of countries

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Hello.
General Haig.
Hello.
Hello.
Yes, sir.
That memo is exactly what I need.
You don't need to have them do the other things.
I just want the countries currently receiving aid, which is 91.
Fine, sir.
And so that's fine.
That's a good job.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Right.

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  • 277-014 2:30 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 277-015 2:32 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm.
  • 009-024 2:33 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 277-016 2:33 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 277-017 2:33 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 009-025 2:37 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:37 pm to 2:38 pm.
  • 277-018 2:37 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:37 pm to 3:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-023, September 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189665). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-023 (accessed November 2, 2026).