Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-151

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

Friday, October 20, 1972 · 10:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-151 on Tape 31StartFriday, October 20, 1972 at 10:53 AMEndFriday, October 20, 1972 at 10:53 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-151 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-151 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-151

Date: October 20, 1972
Time: 10:53 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 371-12B]

        Call from Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

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I'm sorry.
Yes, General Hagman.

Also recorded on October 20, 1972

  • 371-007 9:50 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:04 am.
  • 371-008 9:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:04 am.
  • 371-009 10:04 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Gen. William Westmoreland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:04 am to 10:35 am.
  • 371-010 10:35 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:36 am.
  • 371-011 10:35 AM · 12 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 10:35 am and 10:36 am.
  • 371-012 10:36 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:36 am to 10:56 am.
  • 371-013 10:56 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:56 am to 11:10 am.
  • 371-014 11:10 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:19 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-151, October 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-151 (accessed November 2, 2026).