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Nixon & Haig on Document management and White House logistics

Friday, May 11, 1973 · 3:40 PM–3:41 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 44 sec

ParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation434-033 on Tape 434StartFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:40 PMEndFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:41 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 434-033 ↗

President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate a meeting to discuss consolidating documents before the President’s departure for Camp David. The brief exchange focuses on logistical arrangements for the review of materials. Haig confirms his availability to meet with the President prior to his travel.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
Hello?
Yeah.
Right.
Combined to one document.
Why don't you come over here before I go to Camp David?
All right.

On May 11, 1973, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:40 pm to 3:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-033 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 434-33

Date: May 11, 1973
Time: 3:40 pm - 3:41 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 46-18]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 434-9 (cont’d)
  • 434-031 3:22 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 434-032 3:22 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Earl L. Butz, Dana G. Mead, William W. Erwin, David A. Hamil, Stephen B. Bull, Thomas Hart, and White House photographer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 3:40 pm.
  • 046-018 3:40 PM · 44 sec — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:40 pm to 3:41 pm.
  • 046-019 3:41 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:41 pm.
  • 434-034 3:42 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:42 pm.
  • 434-035 3:42 PM · 41 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 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 434-036 3:42 PM · 29 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 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 434-037 3:45 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 3:45 pm to 4:04 pm.

Conversation 434-033, May 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-033 (accessed October 1, 2026).