Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 441 › Conversation 441-008
Nixon & Haig on Economic Policy and Melvin Laird
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 9:40 AM–10:05 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander Haig to discuss personnel matters regarding Melvin Laird and to set firm parameters for an upcoming economic meeting. Nixon directed Haig to ensure the economic team finalized a plan that excluded both a wage-price freeze and a gas tax. Furthermore, the President ordered that all energy-related proposals be separated from the primary economic package to prevent policy overlap.
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NARA Description
On June 4, 1973, 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 9:40 am and 10:05 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 441-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 441-8
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 10:05 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Melvin R. Laird
-William J. Baroody, Jr.’s report
-Veracity
-Meeting with Haig
Haig’s schedule
-Laird report
-Truthfulness
Watergate
President’s schedule
-Economic meeting
-Program agenda
Economic package
-Freeze
-Gas tax
-Energy
-Separate proposal
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 441-9 (cont’d)Also recorded on June 4, 1973
- 039-057 9:11 AM · 39 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:11 am to 9:12 am.
- 441-004 9:11 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:11 am to 9:12 am.
- 039-058 9:12 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 9:38 am.
- 441-005 9:12 AM · 2 min — 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 9:12 am and 9:38 am.
- 441-006 9:12 AM · 8 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 9:12 am and 9:38 am.
- 039-059 9:38 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:38 am to 9:40 am.
- 441-007 9:38 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:38 am to 9:40 am.
- 441-009 10:05 AM · 41 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 10:05 am and 11:19 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 441-008, June 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/441-008 (accessed October 1, 2026).