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Nixon & Haig on White House personnel and Meeting attendance

Thursday, May 10, 1973 · 3:34 PM–3:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation435-020 on Tape 435StartThursday, May 10, 1973 at 3:34 PMEndThursday, May 10, 1973 at 3:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 435-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig held a brief, informal meeting to clarify the attendance of specific individuals, identified as “Chappie” and Garland, at a prior gathering. The discussion focused on rectifying the President’s uncertainty regarding who was present during that meeting. No major policy decisions were made, as the exchange served primarily to resolve a minor factual discrepancy regarding personnel.

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Ja.

Kraut.

But Chappie was not in the meeting.

Well, that's the only thing.

We know Chappie runs.

Yeah, I didn't.

I didn't think about it.

I just thought that Garland was in the meeting and Chappie was there.

I'm sure of that.

Chappie was in the meeting.

Ok. Ok. Ok.

NARA Description

On May 10, 1973, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 435-20

Date: May 10, 1973
Time: 3:34 pm-3:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 45-196]

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435-018 3:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
045-195 3:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 3:30 pm to 3:32 pm.
435-019 3:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:32 pm.
045-196 3:34 PM · 1 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 435-020, May 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-020 (accessed October 1, 2026).