Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-032

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

Sunday, January 21, 1973 · 2:04 PM–2:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-032 on Tape 36StartSunday, January 21, 1973 at 2:04 PMEndSunday, January 21, 1973 at 2:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-032 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194509 ↗

A 12-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 January 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:04 pm and 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-32

Date: January 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:04 pm and 2:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

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General Haig, please.
Thank you.

Also recorded on January 21, 1973

  • 036-031 1:52 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:52 pm to 2:04 pm.
  • 036-033 2:27 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:27 pm to 2:33 pm.
  • 402-002 4:54 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 402-003 4:54 PM · 8 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 4:54 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 402-004 5:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:02 pm.
  • 402-005 5:00 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:22 pm.
  • 402-006 5:00 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 5:00 pm and 5:22 pm.
  • 036-034 5:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-032, January 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194509). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-032 (accessed November 8, 2026).