Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-138

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 8:03 AM–8:11 AM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-138 on Tape 24 (tape position 03:20:57–03:21:01)StartTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 8:03 AMEndTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 8:11 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-138 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of this brief exchange was to initiate a connection for a direct conversation with the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. No further policy discussions or substantive developments were recorded during this brief administrative request.

Audio

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NARA Description

On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-138 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-138

Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:11 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 725-7]

     Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Also recorded on May 16, 1972

  • 725-002 7:57 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:57 am to 8:03 am.
  • 024-137 8:03 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am.
  • 725-003 8:03 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am.
  • 725-004 8:03 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am.
  • 725-005 8:03 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am.
  • 725-006 8:03 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am.
  • 725-007 8:03 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:12 am.
  • 024-140 8:10 AM · 6 min — William M. Lukash, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:10 am to 8:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-138, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-138 (accessed October 9, 2026).