Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-122

Nixon, Haig & Busia on Peter G. Peterson and Diplomatic relations

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 4:02 PM–4:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Busia, Kofi A.; Peterson, Peter G.Conversation013-122 on Tape 13 (tape position 04:00:38–04:06:00)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 4:02 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 4:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-122 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon, hosting Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi A. Busia at the White House, requested that Alexander Haig arrange for Peter G. Peterson to join them for a meeting. Haig successfully contacted Peterson to facilitate this introduction. The call served primarily as a logistical coordination to include Peterson in the ongoing diplomatic discussion with the Ghanaian leader.

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uh mr peterson please foreign you uh i i didn't get the check the uh now you're uh we talked before uh you how many children do you have before two boys and two girls i want to give you a couple of trinkets to take home
You have a boy in Oxford.
You don't look old.
You're lucky.
Well, that's great.
Well, it's wonderful to see them.
Are you Mr. Peterson?
Yes, I am.
Oh, yeah, it's fine.
Tell them.
Oh, here he is.
I want to take a picture of you.
There you are.
Hello?
Hello.
Pete?
Yes.
I'm with the President.
He wonders if you could come right over.
He's got the Prime Minister of Ghana here, and he wants you to meet him.
All right, fine.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1971, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Kofi A. Busia, and Peter G. Peterson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-122 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-122

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 614-12A]

     Request for a call to Peter G. Peterson

The President can be heard in the background with Kofi A. Busia.

Haig talked with Peter G. Peterson at an unknown time.

     Peterson's schedule
           -Meeting with Busia

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-122, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-122 (accessed October 12, 2026).