Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-167
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Friday, May 5, 1972 · 3:15 PM–3:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief administrative exchange serves to facilitate direct communication between the President and his senior advisor. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short telephone interaction.
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NARA Description
On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-167 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-167
Date: May 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:15 and 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 336-1]
Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on May 5, 1972
- 336-001 3:15 PM · 10 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 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 023-168 3:25 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
- 336-002 3:25 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:26 pm.
- 336-003 3:26 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-004 3:26 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-005 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-006 3:30 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 336-007 3:36 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:36 pm to 3:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-167, May 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-167 (accessed October 9, 2026).