Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 23 › Conversation 023-110

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander Haig and Oval Office

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 11:17 AM–11:27 AM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation023-110 onTape 23StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 11:17 AMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 11:27 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-110 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. by instructing her to send him into the Oval Office. This brief administrative exchange serves to coordinate immediate access for Haig to confer with the President. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this call.

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Yeah?
Mr. President, General Haycomb.
Have him come into my office.
Right, sir.

NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-110 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-110

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:17 and 11:27 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
          -Meeting with the President

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

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  • 717-005 11:04 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:04 am.
  • 717-006 11:04 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:10 am.
  • 717-007 11:10 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 11:11 am.
  • 023-109 11:16 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson talked on the telephone from 11:16 am to 11:17 am.
  • 717-008 11:16 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:17 am.
  • 717-009 11:17 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:19 am.
  • 717-010 11:19 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:19 am to 11:40 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-110, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-110 (accessed September 18, 2026).