Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 29 › Conversation 029-067

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

Monday, August 14, 1972 · 5:02 PM ET · White House Telephone ·18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation029-067 onTape 29StartMonday, August 14, 1972 at 5:02 PMEndMonday, August 14, 1972 at 5:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-067 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a follow-up conversation. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial connection.

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What?

NARA Description

On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-067 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-67

Date: August 14, 1972
Time: 5:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 362-22B]

                                         (rev. Mar-02)

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

Also recorded on August 14, 1972

  • 029-066 4:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:36 pm.
  • 362-021 4:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:34 pm to 4:36 pm.
  • 362-022 4:40 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 5:15 pm.
  • 029-068 5:02 PM · 12 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:02 pm on August 14, 1972 and 11:17 am on September 19, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 362-023 5:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:15 pm on August 14, 1972 and 12:40 pm on September 6, 1972.
  • 362-024 5:15 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:15 pm on August 14, 1972 and 12:40 pm on September 6, 1972.
  • 030-052 5:18 PM · 13 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:18 pm on August 14, 1972 and 11:17 am on September 19, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 202-001 6:05 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-067, August 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-067 (accessed September 18, 2026).