Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-036
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Monday, January 22, 1973 · 9:47 AM–9:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
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On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 9:47 am to 9:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-36
Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:47 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 399-7]
Request for a telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 22, 1973
- 036-037 9:10 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
- 399-003 9:10 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
- 399-004 9:10 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
- 399-008 9:47 AM · 6 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 9:47 am and 9:53 am.
- 399-009 9:53 AM · 14 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 9:53 am and 10:14 am.
- 399-010 9:53 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Debbie Terry, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:53 am and 10:14 am.
- 036-038 10:14 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:14 am.
- 399-011 10:14 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:48 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-036, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194517). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-036 (accessed November 2, 2026).