Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 439 › Conversation 439-030

Nixon & Haig on White House Administration and Staff Coordination

Monday, May 21, 1973 · 8:30 PM–8:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation439-030 on Tape 439StartMonday, May 21, 1973 at 8:30 PMEndMonday, May 21, 1973 at 8:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 439-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig held a brief, late-evening meeting to coordinate scheduling and discuss internal administrative preferences. The participants reviewed potential recommendations or materials, with Nixon expressing skepticism regarding the effectiveness of a specific graph or presentation. The discussion concluded with a decision to reconvene at 9:00 am the following day.

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That's a good one for me.
That track, I think it should appear that that was down in this recommendation, but I think not.
That does not appear to be a good graph that I've seen so far.
I don't think it would do well for me, I'm not sure.
Shall we say 9 o'clock tomorrow then?
There's a lot of pretty good experiences with this.
Somebody else.

NARA Description

On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:30 pm to 8:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 439-30

Date: May 21, 1973
Time: 8:30 pm - 8:32 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 46-135]
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Also recorded on May 22, 1973

  • 046-135 8:30 PM · 3 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:30 pm to 8:32 pm.
  • 439-031 8:32 PM · 16 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 8:32 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 046-136 8:50 PM · 2 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:50 pm to 8:51 pm.
  • 925-001 8:44 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 8:50 am.
  • 925-002 8:44 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 8:50 am.
  • 925-007 8:44 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Nellie L. Yates met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 8:50 am.
  • 925-003 8:50 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:06 am.
  • 046-137 9:06 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:06 am and 9:27 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 439-030, May 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-030 (accessed October 12, 2026).