Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-139

Nixon phone call with Haig on Henry Kissinger and National Security

Thursday, October 19, 1972 · 10:52 AM–10:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation031-139 on Tape 31StartThursday, October 19, 1972 at 10:52 AMEndThursday, October 19, 1972 at 10:53 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-139 ↗

AI Summary

General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. contacted President Nixon to notify him that he had received an additional report from National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Nixon directed Haig to deliver the intelligence in person at the Oval Office. The brief exchange served primarily to facilitate the immediate briefing of the President on ongoing foreign policy matters.

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Hello.
General Haig, Mr. President.
Yeah.
President, sir.
Hello.
Hello, Mr. President.
Yeah.
I have another report from Henry.
You want to come in?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-139 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-139

Date: October 19, 1972
Time: 10:52 am - 10:53 am
Location: White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig, Jr talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 805-3]

        Delivery of report from Henry A. Kissinger

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-139, October 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-139 (accessed October 10, 2026).