Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 034-062
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 1972 at 11:26 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-062

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[0:00] General Haig, Mr. President.
[0:03] Yeah.
[0:03] Thank you.
[0:04] The President, sir.
[0:05] Ah, hello.
[0:05] Yes, sir.
[0:06] Yeah.
[0:07] I just talked to Henry.
[0:08] Yeah.
[0:09] He said there was more of the same.
[0:11] Yeah, sure.
[0:11] That he'll get on the plane at 9 tonight.
[0:15] He gave me three general themes for the press, which I've given to Ron.
[0:19] Yeah.
[0:21] And he also said that this won't get him in here until
[0:29] Well, we won't meet tonight then.
[0:32] I thought we ought to hold off.
[0:34] I'll tell him to go to bed.
[0:35] Fine, sir.
[0:36] And I told him I'd send him a message with your thinking based on our meeting this morning.
[0:43] He's very, very touchy and tired, obviously.
[0:45] Yeah.
[0:46] Well, you can mollify the thing so it doesn't sound, you know— Yes, sir.
[0:53] They've given him a rough time, huh?
[0:55] Yes, apparently.
[0:59] He's in one of those low moods, but I think I'll give him a beat message and we'll just—when he gets some rest he'll be better.
[1:10] What's gotten him so touchy?
[1:12] Well, I think—I told him on the phone that you agree generally with his analysis, but that we wanted to think and discuss certain aspects of the—
[1:25] to be taken and the upcoming trip.
[1:29] And the Agnew trip, right.
[1:31] And then he sort of flew back on that.
[1:35] Felt that he should decide on it.
[1:36] Well, that's right.
[1:39] That's all right.
[1:40] We are normal.
[1:41] Right.
[1:43] And I'll get a message off and just put these things, questions in a way that he can think about them.
[1:49] Right, right.
[1:50] But not in a way designed to— I understand.
[1:52] Right.
[1:54] Okay, good.