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
AI Summary
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.
- Nguyen Van Thieu
- Vietnam War
- Diplomatic correspondence
- Alexander Haig
- White House administration
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NARA Description
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 Aid
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 SanchezAlso recorded on December 17, 1972
- 382-014 1:19 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 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm.
- 382-015 1:19 PM · 26 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 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm.
- 382-017 2:24 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:24 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 034-115 2:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:11 pm.
- 382-020 2:45 PM · 16 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 2:45 pm and 3:11 pm.
- 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.
- 382-018 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 034-117 3:13 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:16 pm.
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 September 28, 2026).