Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-167

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

Sunday, August 15, 1971 · 10:38 PM–10:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-167 on Tape 7 (tape position 05:13:18–05:13:29)StartSunday, August 15, 1971 at 10:38 PMEndSunday, August 15, 1971 at 10:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-167 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon received a brief telephone call from Alexander M. Haig, Jr. facilitated by the White House operator. The exchange consisted of a perfunctory closing statement. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this short communication.

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NARA Description

On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:38 pm and 10:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-167 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-167

Date: August 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:38 pm and 10:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Call from Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Also recorded on August 16, 1971

  • 007-133 10:24 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford M. Hardin talked on the telephone from 10:24 pm to 10:33 pm.
  • 007-134 10:33 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:33 pm.
  • 007-135 10:33 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 10:33 pm to 10:37 pm.
  • 007-166 10:33 PM · 1 min — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at 10:33 pm.
  • 007-136 10:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:37 pm.
  • 007-137 10:37 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. Hodgson talked on the telephone from 10:37 pm to 10:38 pm.
  • 007-138 10:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:40 pm to 10:42 pm.
  • 007-139 10:43 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:43 pm to 11:01 pm.

All 88 conversations from August 16, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-167, August 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-167 (accessed October 12, 2026).