Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-167

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

Friday, May 5, 1972 · 3:15 PM–3:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-167 on Tape 23StartFriday, May 5, 1972 at 3:15 PMEndFriday, May 5, 1972 at 3:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-167 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193619 ↗

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On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-167 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 23-167

Date: May 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:15 and 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-1]

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

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General Haig, please.
Yes, Mr. President.
  • 336-001 3:15 PM · 14 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 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 023-168 3:25 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 336-002 3:25 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:26 pm.
  • 336-003 3:26 PM · 44 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 336-004 3:26 PM · 35 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 336-005 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 336-006 3:30 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 336-007 3:36 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:36 pm to 3:46 pm.

Conversation 023-167, May 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193619). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-167 (accessed October 30, 2026).