Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-071
Nixon phone call with Haig on Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 12:08 PM–12:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consults with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. regarding the completion of a drafted message. Following this, the President instructs Haig and Raymond K. Price, Jr. to convene with him at the White House for a follow-up meeting. This brief exchange serves to coordinate the scheduling and review of the finished document.
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NARA Description
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:08 pm to 12:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-071 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-71
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 12:08 pm - 12:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 404-10]
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Haig and Raymond K. Price, Jr.Also recorded on January 23, 1973
- 036-070 11:55 AM · 13 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 036-072 12:40 PM · 12 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-071, 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/036-071 (accessed October 9, 2026).