Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-141
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 9:47 AM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a communication or scheduling request regarding Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of the brief call was to coordinate an upcoming meeting between the President and Haig. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-141 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-141
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 9:47 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 725-12]
Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Meeting with the PresidentAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
- 725-012 9:47 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:47 am.
- 725-013 9:48 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 9:50 am.
- 024-142 9:50 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:56 am.
- 725-014 9:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:52 am.
- 725-015 9:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:56 am.
- 725-016 9:50 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am.
- 024-143 9:56 AM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:56 am to 9:57 am.
- 024-144 9:57 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 9:57 am to 9:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-141, 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/024-141 (accessed October 9, 2026).