Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-024
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 2:33 PM–2:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The operator acknowledges the request and proceeds to facilitate the connection. This exchange serves strictly as an administrative coordination to establish communication between the President and his staff.
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NARA Description
On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-24
Date: September 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on September 15, 1971
- 277-011 2:10 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 277-014 2:30 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
- 009-023 2:32 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm.
- 277-015 2:32 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm.
- 277-016 2:33 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 277-017 2:33 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 009-025 2:37 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:37 pm to 2:38 pm.
- 277-018 2:37 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:37 pm to 3:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-024, September 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-024 (accessed September 18, 2026).