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Nixon & Haig on Africa and Zosimo T. Monzon

Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 12:16 PM–1:43 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation310-034 on Tape 310 (tape position 04:24:45–04:25:44)StartSunday, December 26, 1971 at 12:16 PMEndSunday, December 26, 1971 at 1:43 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 310-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to coordinate administrative matters and discuss pending correspondence. Their discussion centered on a memorandum concerning Zosimo T. Monzon and logistical arrangements for First Lady Pat Nixon's upcoming trip to Africa. Additionally, the pair addressed various miscellaneous tasks, including specific communications involving Billy Graham.

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NARA Description

On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 310-34

Date: December 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

     Memorandum to Haig
        -Zosimo T. Monzon
              -Various odds and ends
        -Letters
              -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's African trip
                   -William F. (“Billy”) Graham

Also recorded on December 26, 1971

  • 017-102 12:12 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 310-029 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm.Thomas H. Moorer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:12 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 017-103 12:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-030 12:16 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-031 12:16 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-032 12:16 PM · 12 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 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-033 12:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-035 12:16 PM · 13 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 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 310-034, December 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/310-034 (accessed October 11, 2026).