{"conversationCode":"032-061","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-061","startDateTime":"1972-10-26T19:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-26T19:29:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Oct-1972","startTime":"3:28 PM","endDate":"26-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On October 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-061 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 032-061\n\nDate: October 26, 1972\nTime: 3:28 pm - 3:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 375-24C]\n\n        Vietnam\n            -Henry A. Kissinger's briefing\n                -The President's note\n                    -Report to journalists\n                    -Influence of 1972 election on settlement\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["032-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"032-060","nextCode":"032-062","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":1.63,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.13,"end":8.96,"text":"I wrote a handwritten note to Henry before he left, you know, that I specifically referred to the election thing."},{"start":9.1,"end":9.46,"text":"Yes, that's right."},{"start":9.48,"end":16.43,"text":"It would be very impressive, I think, if you could get it, bring it to Henry, and he should not show it to them."},{"start":16.81,"end":19.79,"text":"I mean, he should not let them read it, but he should say, now, here's a handwritten note."},{"start":19.93,"end":26.52,"text":"I want to tell you, gentlemen, in that note, the president specifically says, and he can paraphrase, the election is not to be a consideration."},{"start":26.62,"end":27.8,"text":"Make the right kind of a piece."},{"start":28.26,"end":28.82,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":28.84,"end":29.32,"text":"Would you do that?"},{"start":29.56,"end":30.76,"text":"Fine, will do."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed Alexander Haig to relay a message to Henry Kissinger regarding the ongoing Vietnam peace negotiations. Nixon emphasized the importance of demonstrating to the North Vietnamese negotiators that the upcoming 1972 U.S. presidential election would not influence the administration's stance on a settlement. Haig was directed to ensure Kissinger effectively communicated this commitment, using Nixon’s handwritten note as leverage to secure a favorable agreement.","topics":["Vietnam War","Henry Kissinger","1972 Presidential Election","Peace Negotiations","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:05:43.708Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","henry-kissinger","1972-presidential-election","peace-negotiations","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-061.mp3","bytes":823796,"durationSec":34.25,"bitrate":192400,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.405Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}