Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-053
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Tuesday, December 12, 1972 · 2:20 PM–8:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Haig. No further substantive discussion occurred during this recording.
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NARA Description
On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 8:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-53
Date: December 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 8:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 34-53 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on December 12, 1972
- 820-016 1:30 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:30 pm to 1:55 pm.
- 034-052 1:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:35 pm.
- 820-017 1:55 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 820-018 1:58 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:58 pm to 2:20 pm.
- 820-019 2:20 PM · 32 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm.
- 820-020 2:20 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm.
- 820-021 2:20 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm.
- 820-022 3:17 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jewell R. LaFontant, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:17 pm to 3:36 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-053, December 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-053 (accessed October 10, 2026).