Conversation 046-018

TapeTape 46StartFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:40 PMEndFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:41 PMParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

AI Summary

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. informs President Nixon that he has located a large volume of sensitive FBI files related to Watergate, estimated at three feet of material, stored in a vault. Haig expresses the need to personally screen these documents to ensure security and prevent unauthorized access. The two agree to meet briefly at the White House before the President departs for Camp David to discuss the matter further.

WatergateFBI filesAlexander Haigdocument screeningWhite House security

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NARA Description

On May 11, 1973, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:40 pm to 3:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-18

Date: May 11, 1973
Time: 3:40 pm - 3:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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[See also Conversation No. 434-33]

     Watergate
          -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] files
               -Volume
               -Haig’s screening

     President’s schedule

Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hey, sir.

Yeah.

Hello?

Hey, sir.

Yeah.

We finally located this stuff.

It was over in the big vault across the street.

Right.

Now, it's going to take about as much as two to three hours.

To find the one document?

Yes, because they're all together, and it's about a foot and a half.

Well, it's even more than that.

It's about three feet of material.

Right.

And we just have to go screen through it.

And I ought to do that personally.

I'm afraid of anybody else doing it.

Right.

Come over a minute before I go to camp.

All right.

I'll run over a couple things.

All right.

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