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Conversation 444-018

TapeTape 444StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:16 PMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:24 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AudioNARA Description

On June 12, 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 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 444-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 444-18

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [?].

       Vietnam negotiations
             -President’s previous conversation with Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
                    -President’s support for Thieu
                            -Meeting with Congressional leaders
                            -Economic support
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      (rev. October-2012)

                                                             Conversation No. 444-18 (cont’d)

                             -South Vietnamese lections
                             -Communique
                             -Election
                             -Communique
                                     -Partition

       President’s schedule
              -Forthcoming economic policy meeting
                      -Arthur F. Burns
                             -George P. Shultz
                             -Policy recommendations
                                    -Haig’s possible conversation with Burns
                                           -President’s view of Burns’s comments
                                                   -Congressional relations
                                                   -Long-term
                                                   -Tax bill

       President’s forthcoming address announcing price control measures
              -Length and tone
                      -President’s conversation with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
              -George Shultz, Herbert Stein
              -Gasoline and food prices
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Hi, uh, this is Dr. Stilcroft, and I've got a point for our arrest in June 3rd.
Yeah.
And I, uh, I told him that I wanted you to tell him that I wanted you to tell him that I wanted you to tell him that.
I don't think it's what he personally knows of me.
He's a human, and that's the way it is.
The President has to be sure that he's a human.
The President has to be sure that he's a human.
The President has to be sure that he's a human.
The President has to be sure that he's a human.
The President has to be sure that he's a human.
I'll make the election myself.
I'll say, in actual, I see it for me more than I have in our community.
Second point, with regard to Arden, we have a tariff meeting.
I don't think it should be there, but if you want to go to Arden, you can go to Arden.
You can go to Arden.
You can go to Arden.
You can go to Arden.
You can go to Arden.
uh, that we, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that,
But I thought his comments were brilliant, that I had a moment.
But that this would not, it would not work out because the present time for the Congress, the Congress has been about to go on for such a long time.
And therefore, it would be that it would not have been credible, but that I think we ought to do that in the longer term, that we get our tax bill, that we throw in that three-year bill, that we should have that bill.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The main thing is I just want to hear what you're starting to come up with.
I know they're stopping right now just because of how we got there.
And they've just got to get this package out and make it appear as much as it can be.
And believe me, do as little as we can.
That's all.
But I will show you.
Yeah, I'm trying.
Yeah, I'm trying.
Okay.
But this would not, it would not work out because the President, actually the Congress, the Congress is about to go on with such a thing.
And therefore, it would be that we're not having credibility, but that I think we ought to do that in a longer term.
Because we've been attached to it.
It's really an entry-level condition that we should have.
I spent about an hour.
Yeah.
I still need to ask about the legacy of the 12-year-old, the 12-year-old, the 12-year-old, the 12-year-old, and the 15-year-old, the 12-year-old, and the 12-year-old.
And I also need a more positive about these children.
You know, the rail companies, I'm not looking at that.
I'm looking at that.
The main thing is I just want to show you this guy.
I know they're sorry.
Just because of how we got there.
And they just got to get this package and all of it.
And make it appear as much as it can be.
And believe me, do as little as we can.
That's all.
Gas pump.
But I just want to show you this.
Yeah.
I'm trying.
Yeah.
All right.
Okay.
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