Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-058

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

Wednesday, December 13, 1972 · 10:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-058 on Tape 34StartWednesday, December 13, 1972 at 10:00 AMEndWednesday, December 13, 1972 at 10:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-058 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to arrange a meeting. The President directed that this meeting take place at his Executive Office Building workspace. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate an immediate consultation with his aide.

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You can tell General Higg to come to the U.B.
office, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On December 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-058 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-58

Date: December 13, 1972
Time: 10:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 385-26]

       Request for a meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
            -Executive Office Building

Also recorded on December 13, 1972

  • 385-024 9:27 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:27 am and 10:00 am.
  • 385-025 9:27 AM · 25 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 9:27 am and 10:00 am.
  • 385-026 10:00 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:00 am.
  • 385-027 10:03 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:03 am to 10:50 am.
  • 385-028 10:50 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 10:50 am and 10:54 am.
  • 385-029 10:50 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:54 am.
  • 034-059 10:54 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 11:19 am.
  • 381-001 10:54 AM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:54 am to 12:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-058, December 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-058 (accessed September 28, 2026).