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.
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 AidConversation 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]
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