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Nixon & Haig on White House Staff and Oval Office Operations

Saturday, March 17, 1973 · 10:14 AM–10:15 AM ET · Oval Office · 46 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation882-006 on Tape 882StartSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 10:14 AMEndSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 10:15 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 882-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. coordinated a brief meeting to take place later that morning at 11:00. The participants briefly touched upon the status of their current agenda and the involvement of staff members, including someone identified as Bobby. The primary objective of the interaction was to finalize scheduling for their subsequent substantive discussion.

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Hello.
How are you?
Are you with your officers at all today?
Right.
Right.
Have you got the time to drop over this morning or are you tied up or something?
What are you up to right now, for example?
Are you...
Right.
Well, it's supposed to be at the time, see?
So we can make it around 11 o'clock.
Fine, fine.
Okay, let's see, we'll, uh, we've been meeting the, uh, the O.K.
Bobby, is he right?
Let him talk.
Fine.

NARA Description

On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 882-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 882-6

Date: March 17, 1973
Time: 10:14 am - 10:15 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 37-138]
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                                                             Conversation No. 882-6 (cont’d)

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  • 037-137 10:11 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:14 am.
  • 037-138 10:14 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 882-006, March 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/882-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).