Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-055

Nixon phone call with Haig on John Scali and Media relations

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 5:31 PM–5:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House operatorConversation018-055 on Tape 18 (tape position 02:01:15–02:01:25)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:31 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-055 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192203 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 10, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-055 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-55

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

[The President conferred with Alexander M. Haig at an unknown time after 5:31 pm.]

     Wires

     John A. Scali

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 313-30B]

     Request for a call to Scali

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Just to read your wires to me, I better give Scali a call, too.
Scali?
John Scali, please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on January 10, 1972

  • 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.
  • 018-052 5:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:27 pm to 5:28 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.
  • 018-056 5:35 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-055, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192203). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-055 (accessed November 2, 2026).