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Nixon & Haig on Ceasefire and Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 8:22 PM–8:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation344-034 on Tape 344 (tape position 00:57:02–00:59:26)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 8:22 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 8:42 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 344-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig discuss the status of ceasefire negotiations and the implications of Henry Kissinger's recent reporting from Moscow. The conversation focuses on the strategic positioning of involved parties in the theater and the management of sensitive intelligence. Nixon concludes by emphasizing his approach to operational security and the distribution of information among his staff.

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57:02I didn't get a chance to go and read Henry's report.
57:10I didn't get a chance to go and read Henry's report.
57:29That's correct.
57:32But any event, the ceasefire has placed them, and there may be more to go on, and we think, you know, we recall that was the line in Henry's first visit to Moscow, and they put a lot of ceasefire in there, and we can't, and we can't wait to know how it works in there.
58:23They're a lot closer to the theater than any part of it.
58:27So I just work by telling them to share my business with other people, and that's what they're saying about me.
58:43They've got a big role to play, especially others, as well as the group.
58:52Yeah, true.
58:53Yeah.
58:53I think that's what I would do.
58:54I think that would be what I would do.
58:56The waiver.
58:57I think that's what I would do.
58:58I think that's what I would do.
59:00I think that's what I would do.
59:01I think that's what I would do.

NARA Description

On June 20, 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 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation 344-34

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:22 and 8:42 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President spoke with an unknown person [Alexander M. Haig, Jr. ?].

          [See Conversation No. 25-93]

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 344-034, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/344-034 (accessed September 30, 2026).