Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-137

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

Saturday, March 17, 1973 · 10:11 AM–10:14 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-137 on Tape 37StartSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 10:11 AMEndSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 10:14 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-137 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195407 ↗

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NARA Description

On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-137 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-137

Date: March 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:11 am and 10:14 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 882-5]

       Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

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General Haig, please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on March 17, 1973

  • 882-001 9:54 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
  • 882-002 9:54 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
  • 882-003 9:54 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
  • 882-004 9:54 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
  • 037-138 10:14 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
  • 882-006 10:14 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
  • 882-007 10:15 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:20 am.
  • 882-008 10:20 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 11:15 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-137, March 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195407). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-137 (accessed November 2, 2026).