Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 476 › Conversation 476-016
Nixon & Kissinger on Pakistan and Alexander Haig
Friday, April 9, 1971 · 1:33 PM ET · Oval Office · 35 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met briefly to coordinate their respective daily schedules and upcoming appointments. They discussed timing adjustments for meetings involving General Alexander Haig, David M. Kennedy, and policy deliberations concerning Pakistan. Ultimately, the two agreed to reconvene later in the afternoon to accommodate Kissinger's attendance at Good Friday services.
- Scheduling
- Pakistan
- Henry Kissinger
- Alexander Haig
- David M. Kennedy
- Diplomacy
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NARA Description
On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 476-16
Date: April 9, 1971
Time: 1:33 pm - 1:35 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger’s schedule
-David Brinkley
President’s schedule
-Meeting with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and David M. Kennedy
-Kissinger’s meeting about Pakistan
-Time
-Good Friday services
Kissinger’s schedule
-Brinkley
Kissinger left at 1:35 pmAlso recorded on April 9, 1971
- 001-060 1:35 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 001-061 1:35 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 001-062 1:35 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-017 1:35 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-018 1:35 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-019 1:35 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-020 1:35 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 476-021 1:35 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 476-016, April 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/476-016 (accessed October 12, 2026).