Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 382 › Conversation 382-016
Nixon & Haig on Nguyen Van Thieu and Vietnam War
Sunday, December 17, 1972 · 1:19 PM–2:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec
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On December 17, 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 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 382-016 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 382-16
Date: December 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Draft of the President’s letter to Nguyen Van Thieu
-Completion by secretary
-Request for a meeting with Haig
-Manolo SanchezTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 034-116 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 382-016, December 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/382-016 (accessed November 13, 2026).