Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 277 › Conversation 277-015
Nixon & Haig on White House administration and Presidential coordination
Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 2:32 PM–2:33 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 35 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. held a brief, one-minute meeting in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate administrative or security matters. The discussion occurred in conjunction with a longer, more substantive consultation between the two men held earlier that day. No specific policy decisions were finalized during this particular interaction.
- White House administration
- Alexander Haig
- Presidential coordination
- executive office operations
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Position in tape: 01:15:08 – 01:15:26
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NARA Description
On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 277-15 Date: September 15, 1971 Time: 2:32 pm - 2:33 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [See Conversation No. 9-23]
Also recorded on September 15, 1971
- 277-011 2:10 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 277-014 2:30 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
- 009-023 2:32 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm.
- 009-024 2:33 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 277-016 2:33 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 277-017 2:33 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 009-025 2:37 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:37 pm to 2:38 pm.
- 277-018 2:37 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:37 pm to 3:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 277-015, September 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/277-015 (accessed October 9, 2026).