Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-125
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Monday, October 25, 1971 · 7:22 PM–7:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to place a telephone call to Haig. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief operator-assisted connection.
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NARA Description
On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:22 pm and 7:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-125 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-125
Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:22 pm and 7:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on October 25, 1971
- 012-120 3:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 304-017 4:35 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:35 pm to 6:01 pm.
- 012-122 5:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, George P. Shultz, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:22 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 012-123 7:22 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:22 pm.
- 012-124 7:22 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:22 pm and 7:27 pm.
- 012-126 7:27 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 7:27 pm to 7:34 pm.
- 012-127 7:34 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:34 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 012-128 7:37 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:37 pm to 7:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-125, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-125 (accessed October 22, 2026).