Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-020

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

Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 12:25 PM–12:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-020 on Tape 9 (tape position 00:35:06–00:35:13)StartWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 12:25 PMEndWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 12:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a direct connection to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The communication serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a conversation between the President and his Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs. No further substantive discussion occurs during this interaction.

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To Hague, please.
Al Hague.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-20

Date: September 15, 1971

Time: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Also recorded on September 15, 1971

  • 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.
  • 009-018 12:20 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm.
  • 009-019 12:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:24 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 277-007 12:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:24 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 009-021 12:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:37 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 277-008 12:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 009-022 12:39 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-020, 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/009-020 (accessed October 24, 2026).