Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-056

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Thursday, October 26, 1972 · 2:41 PM–2:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-056 on Tape 32StartThursday, October 26, 1972 at 2:41 PMEndThursday, October 26, 1972 at 2:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-056 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194011 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-056 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-056

Date: October 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:41 pm and 2:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 375-18]

        Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

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Peg?
Yes, Mr. Pratt?

Also recorded on October 26, 1972

  • 032-054 2:29 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:29 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 375-015 2:29 PM · 10 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 2:29 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 375-016 2:29 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:29 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 032-055 2:40 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:40 pm to 2:41 pm.
  • 375-017 2:40 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 2:41 pm.
  • 375-018 2:41 PM · 7 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 2:41 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 032-057 2:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:51 pm.
  • 375-019 2:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:51 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-056, October 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194011). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-056 (accessed November 4, 2026).