Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 36 › Conversation 036-095

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

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 11:00 PM–11:08 PM ET · White House Telephone ·44 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation036-095 onTape 36StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 11:00 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 11:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-095 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to cancel a pending call to Alexander Haig, noting that he had already obtained the necessary information elsewhere. He also addressed a request from his brother, Donald Nixon, explicitly refusing to take the call himself. Nixon directed the operator to refer his brother to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, instead.

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Hello?
Mr. Preston, General Haig is en route back from Philadelphia.
You can cancel that call.
Tell him I was calling for information.
I already got it from other people.
All right.
And may I tell you one other thing?
Your brother Don called, and we told him we would tell you.
I can't have him call.
He can put the call through to...
to... Mr. Ehrlichman told us just to let you know.
Well, that's right.
But have him call...
I cannot take the call from him right now.
Have him... Let's see.
Get a hold of Julie and have him call her back.
Okay.
Right.

NARA Description

On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:00 pm to 11:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-95

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 11:00 pm - 11:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

       Request for a telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
            -Cancellation

       Telephone call from F. Donald Nixon
            -John D. Ehrlichman
            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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.
  • 036-093 10:48 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:48 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.
  • 036-096 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.

All 54 conversations from January 24, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-095, 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/036-095 (accessed September 18, 2026).