Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-006

Nixon phone call with Haig on Public relations and William P. Rogers

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 10:18 AM–11:13 AM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation013-006 on Tape 13 (tape position 00:03:28–00:03:56)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 10:18 AMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 11:13 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinated public messaging strategies regarding an upcoming statement by Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The two men confirmed that Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler would reference the Secretary’s noon announcement to ensure consistency across the administration’s communications. This exchange served to finalize the tactical handling of the announcement, with both parties agreeing to maintain a minimalist approach in their public remarks.

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Yeah.
General Hague, sir.
Yeah.
There you are.
Yeah.
You got your thing worked out with Sigler?
Yes, sir.
Yeah, fine, fine.
He's going to just...
I guess he's going to... Rogers is going to say something at noon.
That's right, sir.
I think that's probably the way to handle it.
That's exactly right.
And Ron will refer to that.
And we're going over to the minimum.
All right, fine.
All right.

NARA Description

On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-006

Date: October 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:18 am and 11:13 am
Location: White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1H]

     Ronald L. Ziegler's announcement
          -William P. Rogers’ noon announcement
               -Coordination with Haig

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

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  • 013-005 10:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 10:17 am to 10:18 am.
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  • 602-002 11:09 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
  • 602-003 11:09 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-006, 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/013-006 (accessed October 23, 2026).