Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-002
Nixon & Haig on Presidential decision-making and Foreign policy management
Friday, May 5, 1972 · 3:25 PM–3:26 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Alexander Haig regarding the urgent need for a high-level meeting with an unnamed individual before his impending departure. Expressing significant personal agitation, Nixon insisted that he could no longer delay this interaction. The conversation centers on the necessity of providing immediate feedback or instructions to this individual despite the President's palpable frustration with the situation.
- Presidential decision-making
- Alexander Haig
- White House operations
- Scheduling
- Foreign policy management
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On May 5, 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 3:25 pm and 3:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-2 Date: May 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:25 and 3:26 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [See Conversation No. 23-168]
Also recorded on May 5, 1972
- 023-167 3:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 336-001 3:15 PM · 10 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 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 023-168 3:25 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
- 336-003 3:26 PM · 41 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-004 3:26 PM · 32 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-005 3:26 PM · 1 min — 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-006 3:30 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 336-007 3:36 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:36 pm to 3:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 336-002, May 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-002 (accessed October 9, 2026).