Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-048

Haldeman & Tkach on presidential medical staff

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 5:55 PM–6:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Tkach, Walter R.Conversation036-048 on Tape 36StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 5:55 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 6:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-048 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman initiated a telephone call to the President's personal physician, Dr. Walter R. Tkach, through the White House operator. While the specific content of the dialogue remains unrecorded, the conversation was part of routine administrative communication between the Chief of Staff and the medical office. No significant policy decisions or actionable directives are documented for this exchange.

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NARA Description

On January 22, 1973, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-48

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:51 pm and 6:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 400-14A]

       Request for a telephone call to Dr. Walter R. Tkach
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 36-49 (cont’d)

Also recorded on January 22, 1973

  • 036-047 4:51 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:51 pm.
  • 400-014 5:00 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Walter R. Tkach, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
  • 036-049 5:55 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm.
  • 036-050 5:55 PM · 51 sec — Walter R. Tkach and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm.
  • 036-051 5:55 PM · 47 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm.
  • 036-052 5:55 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm.
  • 036-053 6:19 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:19 pm to 6:22 pm.
  • 036-054 6:22 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:22 pm and 7:14 pm.

All 49 conversations from January 22, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-048, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-048 (accessed October 11, 2026).