Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-070
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 11:55 AM–12:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top aide. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-070 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-70
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
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[See also Conversation No. 404-9]
Request for a telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on January 23, 1973
- 036-069 11:31 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am.
- 404-006 11:55 AM · 2 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Raymond K. Price, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
- 404-007 11:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
- 404-008 11:55 AM · 23 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 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
- 036-071 12:08 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:08 pm to 12:09 pm.
- 404-009 12:08 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 12:08 pm and 12:09 pm.
- 036-140 12:09 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 1:39 pm.
- 404-010 12:15 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:15 pm to 1:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-070, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-070 (accessed October 9, 2026).