Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 314 › Conversation 314-007
Nixon & Haig on H.R. Haldeman and John N. Mitchell
Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 3:52 PM–3:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to come to his office in the Old Executive Office Building for an immediate meeting. The discussion focused on coordinating schedules and facilitating a rendezvous involving H.R. Haldeman and John N. Mitchell. This brief exchange served primarily as logistical coordination to finalize the timing of these internal consultations.
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NARA Description
On January 13, 1972, 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 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 314-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 314-007
Date: January 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Haig
-Location
-Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John N. Mitchell
-Meeting with the President
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on January 13, 1972
- 314-002 3:41 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 314-003 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 314-010 3:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 314-011 3:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 018-085 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 314-006 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 314-008 3:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 314-009 3:55 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and John V. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 314-007, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/314-007 (accessed September 29, 2026).