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Nixon & Haig on Cabinet meeting and White House logistics

Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 5:33 PM–5:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation443-033 on Tape 443StartWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 5:33 PMEndWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 5:34 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 443-033 ↗

President Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. coordinated their schedules for a meeting occurring the following day. Due to the President's commitment to a cabinet meeting at 10:00 a.m., they agreed to shift their planned appointment to 11:30 a.m. This brief exchange served solely to finalize the logistics for their upcoming private session.

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But also we've got, again, let's do it tomorrow at 30 to go.
Fine.
All right.
That's bringing in tomorrow, you know, again, and then we'll walk out there.
All right.
Fine.
Shall we say at 930?
Yeah, I've got the cabinet at 10.
Oh, wait a minute.
I won't be pressing for like, I'll say 1130.
Or whatever you say.
See you, sir.

On June 6, 1973, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 443-033 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 443-33

Date: June 6, 1973
Time: 5:33 pm - 5:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 39-123]
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
  • 039-122 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
  • 443-031 5:07 PM · 28 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 5:07 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 443-032 5:07 PM · 22 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 5:07 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 039-123 5:33 PM · 1 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
  • 039-124 5:40 PM · 19 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:40 pm to 5:41 pm.
  • 443-034 5:40 PM · 19 sec — J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:40 pm to 5:41 pm.
  • 443-035 5:43 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:43 pm to 6:00 pm.
  • 443-036 6:00 PM · 20 sec — 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 6:00 pm and 6:04 pm.

Conversation 443-033, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/443-033 (accessed September 28, 2026).