Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 332 › Conversation 332-031

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 10:45 AM–10:50 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation332-031 on Tape 332 (tape position 03:06:55–03:07:07)StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 10:45 AMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 10:50 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 332-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. While the specific transcript is unavailable, the discussion occurred during a period of high-level national security deliberations regarding the Vietnam War. This interaction reflects the ongoing, direct consultative relationship between the President and Haig concerning military and diplomatic strategy.

Audio

part B, 1:04:41

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 03:06:55 to 03:07:07 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, 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 10:45 am and 10:50 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 332-31

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:45 am and 10:50 am
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on April 25, 1972

  • 332-023 10:05 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:40 am.
  • 332-029 10:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:40 am to 10:45 am.
  • 332-030 10:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 332-032 10:45 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 332-033 10:45 AM · 30 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 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 332-034 10:45 AM · 1 min — 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 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 332-035 10:50 AM · 1 hr 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:50 am to 12:50 pm.
  • 023-059 11:20 AM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 12:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 332-031, April 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-031 (accessed November 3, 2026).