President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinated the finalization of a letter addressed to South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. The discussion focused on the clerical progress of the draft and the scheduling of a follow-up meeting between Haig and Thieu. Manolo Sanchez was tasked with facilitating these administrative arrangements to ensure the correspondence was completed promptly.
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.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation 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 SanchezThis transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.