Washington (CNN) -- High-profile diplomatic incidents involving President Ronald Reagan and top world leaders were publicized for the first time Saturday after historian William Doyle got the White House to release the tapes. From discussing troop withdrawals with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to discussing tense hostage negotiations with Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Reagan recorded dozens of calls he made from the White House Situation Room. The audio recordings were first published in the New York Post in a story Saturday. The recordings became public after Doyle said he asked for them via a Freedom of Information Act request -- in 1996.
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Historian William Doyle first requested the recordings in 1996
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The recordings involve former President Ronald Reagan talking with world leaders
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Doyle's findings were published in the New York Post on Saturday
"It's a call that I have resisted making and did not want to make and I know what has been taking place there," @placeholder tells Begin in 1983.