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.
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 AidConversation 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”) GrahamNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.