Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-014
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 10:19 AM–11:59 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a subsequent high-level discussion between the President and his deputy assistant for national security affairs. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific request.
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NARA Description
On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 11:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-14
Date: September 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:19 am and 11:59 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 277-4]
Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on September 15, 1971
- 277-003 11:05 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:15 am.
- 277-004 11:15 AM · 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 11:15 am and 11:59 am.
- 009-015 11:59 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:59 am to 12:01 pm.
- 277-005 11:59 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:59 am to 12:01 pm.
- 009-016 12:01 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:18 pm.
- 277-033 12:01 PM · 11 sec — Taft Schreiber met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:18 pm.
- 009-017 12:18 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:18 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 277-006 12:18 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:18 pm to 12:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-014, September 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-014 (accessed October 9, 2026).