Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 425 › Conversation 425-040
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Vietnam foreign aid and Alexander Haig
Monday, April 9, 1973 · 1:25 PM–2:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 36 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his files while coordinating internal administrative actions. The President notably requested the presence of General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and documented a conversation with Senator Mike Mansfield regarding potential foreign aid to Vietnam. Additionally, the President recorded an interaction involving Reverend Billy Graham.
- Vietnam foreign aid
- Alexander Haig
- Mike Mansfield
- Billy Graham
- Executive memoranda
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NARA Description
On April 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 425-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 425-40
Date: April 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
William F. (“Billy”) Graham
President’s conversation with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Aid to Vietnam [?]
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
******************************************************************************Also recorded on April 9, 1973
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- 044-111 1:24 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:24 pm to 1:25 pm.
- 425-038 1:24 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:24 pm to 1:25 pm.
- 425-039 1:25 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 425-041 1:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 425-042 1:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 425-043 1:25 PM · 23 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 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 425-044 2:05 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Leonard Garment, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 425-040, April 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/425-040 (accessed October 5, 2026).