Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-003

Nixon phone call with Haig on United Nations and Taiwan

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 10:15 AM–10:16 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation013-003 on Tape 13 (tape position 00:01:09–00:02:10)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 10:15 AMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 10:16 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig discuss the scheduling of a visit from an African head of state in light of recent United Nations voting on the status of Taiwan. Nixon instructs Haig to rescind any meeting invitations for leaders whose countries failed to support the U.S. position during the UN vote. Haig is directed to use the President's travel schedule as a pretext to cancel these engagements if necessary.

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Mr. President, General Hague.
I was working with Bob on the schedule here.
I approved about a couple weeks ago something from your shop or something with regard to seeing an African president or something.
Do you know what it was?
Do you recall?
It could be Busa from Ghana, sir.
No, I don't think so.
Busa from Ghana?
No.
yes sir we had we had the request in for that but we've tied it into this vote uh how do they vote they voted with us yeah well that's all right but there was another one that was wasn't ghana it was another country that had asked all right just be sure you check over if if anything has been approved and turn it off if it if it was not if they didn't vote with us you understand absolutely yes be sure to turn it off and don't and and i and and there's no don't even submit to me the problem
that it's difficult to turn it off since we've already accepted it.
Just turn it off on the ground that I'll be out of town.
Right.
Okay.

NARA Description

On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:15 am to 10:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 13-003

Date: October 26, 1971
Time: 10:15 am - 10:16 am
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1E]

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

     President's schedule
           -President's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
           -African President
                 -Kofi A. Busia from Ghana
                       -Vote in United Nations [UN] on Taiwan

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-003, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).