Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 822 › Conversation 822-001
Nixon & Haig on Vietnam War and Peace negotiations
Wednesday, December 13, 1972 · 12:01 AM–2:48 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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NARA Description
On December 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 2:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 822-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 822-1
Date: December 13, 1972 [?]
Time: Unknown
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
The recording began while the meeting was in progress and was cut off at an unknown time.
Vietnam negotiations
-Compromise
-[Henry A. Kissinger?]Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 822-001, December 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182051). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/822-001 (accessed November 15, 2026).