Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-113

Nixon phone call with Haig on Henry Kissinger and Sequoia

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 4:40 PM–4:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation023-113 on Tape 23StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:40 PMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:41 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-113 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate the logistics for Henry Kissinger’s arrival in Washington and a subsequent private meeting. They confirm that Kissinger will be met by Haig upon landing and transported via helicopter to the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. The participants finalize the schedule for this three-way meeting to take place at 6:30 pm.

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Yeah.
General Haig returning your call, Mr. President.
Thank you.
Hello?
Yes, Mr. President.
I just wanted to see if the plans were still the same.
Right, sir.
I've gotten a message to Henry, and he's been back.
He is due to touch down at 6.15.
We have a helicopter which could take us right to the Sequoia.
Good.
All right.
And we could meet there at 6.30 then?
Right, sir.
Should be just about 6.30.
I'll just go to the Sequoia and be there at 6.30 and you'll meet him, will you?
Yes, sir.
I'll meet him and bring him there.
Good deal.
I think we'll just have the three of us.
Fine, Mr. President.
All right.

NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-113 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-113

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 4:40-4:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 334-35]

     The President's schedule
          -Henry A. Kissinger
               -Arrival in Washington
               -Meeting on Sequoia
                      -Time
               -Meeting with Haig

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

  • 023-112 4:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 334-034 4:38 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 334-035 4:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 334-036 4:41 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, unknown person(s), Clyde A. Tolson, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Helen Gandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:17 pm.
  • 023-114 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 023-115 4:51 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:57 pm.
  • 023-116 4:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm.
  • 023-117 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-113, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-113 (accessed October 9, 2026).