Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-049
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman
Thursday, September 16, 1971 · 9:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a formal request to facilitate communication with his Chief of Staff. The conversation concluded immediately after Nixon provided the necessary instructions for connecting the line.
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NARA Description
On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-49
Date: September 16, 1971
Time: 9:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanAlso recorded on September 17, 1971
- 009-047 9:03 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:03 pm.
- 009-048 9:06 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 9:06 pm to 9:12 pm.
- 009-050 9:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:13 pm.
- 009-051 9:13 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:17 pm.
- 009-052 9:17 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:17 pm to 9:19 pm.
- 278-039 9:17 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:17 pm to 9:20 pm.
- 009-053 9:19 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 pm and 9:22 pm.
- 009-054 9:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maj. Maj. George K. Robinson talked on the telephone from 9:22 pm to 9:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-049, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-049 (accessed October 9, 2026).