Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-052
Nixon phone call with Haig on Health
Monday, January 10, 1972 · 5:27 PM–5:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 36 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinate a brief meeting at the Executive Office Building to discuss Haig's health and physical condition following recent travel. Concerned about potential fatigue, the President checks on Haig's status before their upcoming session. The call concludes with Haig agreeing to meet Nixon immediately.
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NARA Description
On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:27 pm to 5:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-52
Date: January 10, 1972
Time: 5:27 pm - 5:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 313-28]
Location
Health
-Effect of trip
Meeting with the PresidentTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 10, 1972
- 018-051 5:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:24 pm.
- 313-027 5:24 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 5:27 pm.
- 313-028 5:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:27 pm to 5:28 pm.
- 018-053 5:28 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm.
- 313-029 5:28 PM · 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 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm.
- 018-054 5:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:31 pm.
- 313-030 5:29 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, John A. Schneider, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:29 pm to 5:53 pm.
- 018-055 5:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-052, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192197). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-052 (accessed October 29, 2026).