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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation314-007 on Tape 314 (tape position 01:10:20–01:10:52)StartThursday, January 13, 1972 at 3:52 PMEndThursday, January 13, 1972 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 314-007 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185603 ↗

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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.

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]

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Hello, Al.
Oh, are you in your office?
You're not going to this meeting hall, are you?
Oh, that's the .
OK, can you come over now, then?
  • 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.

Conversation 314-007, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185603). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/314-007 (accessed November 13, 2026).