Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-046

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander Haig

Monday, December 11, 1972 · 5:35 PM–5:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-046 on Tape 34StartMonday, December 11, 1972 at 5:35 PMEndMonday, December 11, 1972 at 5:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-046 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to facilitate a direct line of communication with his aide. No further policy or strategic matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.

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Al Haig, please.

NARA Description

On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 5:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-046 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-46

Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:35 pm and 5:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 385-15]

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

Also recorded on December 11, 1972

  • 385-015 5:35 PM · 11 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 5:35 pm and 5:37 pm.
  • 034-047 5:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:37 pm to 5:42 pm.
  • 385-016 5:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:37 pm to 5:42 pm.
  • 034-048 5:42 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:49 pm.
  • 385-017 5:42 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 385-018 5:42 PM · 7 min — 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 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 385-019 5:42 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 385-020 5:42 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-046, December 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-046 (accessed October 1, 2026).