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Conversation 690-009

TapeTape 690StartTuesday, March 21, 1972 at 12:38 PMEndTuesday, March 21, 1972 at 12:43 PMTape start time02:55:15Tape end time02:58:07ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On March 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 690-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 690-009
Date: March 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:38 pm and 12:43 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Foreign relations
-The President’s meeting with Nihat Erim
-Turkey
-Congressional aid
-Soviet Union
-Iran
-Afghanistan
-Relations with the US
-The People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Forthcoming communiqué
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Haig left at an unknown time before 12:43 pm
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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That's right, sir.
They're subverting Turkey.
They're subverting Iran.
They're subverting Afghanistan.
They're talking to us.
We've got to be more careful about this.
Don't you think so?
Don't you think so?
I'm convinced that at times when we're talking to the Chinese, right, they're out there knocking our brains out.
And I certainly don't mean to lie to you about it, but it's hard to do these things on purpose.
They can, you know, read it.
Yes, sir.
That's something that's...
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