Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-062

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander Haig

Wednesday, May 19, 1971 · 8:35 AM–8:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation003-062 on Tape 3 (tape position 01:14:00–01:14:05)StartWednesday, May 19, 1971 at 8:35 AMEndWednesday, May 19, 1971 at 8:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-062 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary procedural step to connect the President with his Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs for a subsequent discussion. No further policy or strategic matters were addressed during this initial operator exchange.

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General Haig.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-062 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-062

Date: May 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:35 am and 8:52 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Also recorded on May 19, 1971

  • 003-063 8:52 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:52 am to 8:53 am.
  • 501-001 8:52 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:52 am to 8:53 am.
  • 501-002 8:52 AM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 8:53 am.
  • 501-003 8:55 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:55 am to 9:05 am.
  • 501-004 9:05 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 10:14 am.
  • 003-064 9:45 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:46 am.
  • 501-005 10:14 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:22 am.
  • 501-006 10:14 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:22 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-062, May 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-062 (accessed September 28, 2026).