Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 36 › Conversation 036-093

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

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 10:48 PM ET · White House Telephone ·19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation036-093 onTape 36StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 10:48 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 10:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-093 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to General Alexander M. Haig. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with his close advisor. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Yes sir?
General Haig, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-093 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-93

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 10:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a telephone call to Alexander M. Haig

Also recorded on January 24, 1973

  • 036-091 10:44 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:44 pm to 10:47 pm.
  • 036-092 10:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:47 pm.
  • 036-094 10:49 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:49 pm to 11:00 pm.
  • 036-095 11:00 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:00 pm to 11:08 pm.
  • 036-096 11:00 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 pm and 11:08 pm.
  • 036-097 11:08 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:08 pm to 11:09 pm.
  • 036-098 11:09 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:09 pm and 11:13 pm.
  • 036-099 11:13 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-093, January 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-093 (accessed September 18, 2026).