President Nixon, hosting Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi A. Busia at the White House, requested that Alexander Haig arrange for Peter G. Peterson to join them for a meeting. Haig successfully contacted Peterson to facilitate this introduction. The call served primarily as a logistical coordination to include Peterson in the ongoing diplomatic discussion with the Ghanaian leader.
On November 4, 1971, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Kofi A. Busia, and Peter G. Peterson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-122 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 013-122 Date: November 4, 1971 Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:39 pm Location: White House Telephone Alexander M. Haig talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 614-12A] Request for a call to Peter G. Peterson The President can be heard in the background with Kofi A. Busia. Haig talked with Peter G. Peterson at an unknown time. Peterson's schedule -Meeting with Busia
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