Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-138

Nixon phone call with Haig on White House administration

Saturday, March 17, 1973 · 10:14 AM–10:15 AM ET · White House Telephone · 44 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation037-138 on Tape 37StartSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 10:14 AMEndSaturday, March 17, 1973 at 10:15 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-138 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Haig coordinated a brief meeting to discuss administrative matters and review pending paperwork. The two agreed to convene at 11:00 am in the Executive Office Building to facilitate their discussion. This short interaction served primarily as a logistical arrangement for their upcoming working session.

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Hello.
Good morning, sir.
How are you?
Just fine.
Are you at your office or at your home today?
I'm at the office, sir.
Right, right.
Have you got some time you could drop over this morning, or are you tied up in something?
No, no, I can... What are you up to right now, for example?
Just going through some papers, which...
Right.
Supposedly you get the time, say, so we could make it about 11 o'clock?
Fine, good, sir.
Fine, fine.
Okay, let's see, we'll...
We can meet in the...
The OB, sir?
The OB is probably easier.
Right.
11 o'clock.
Fine.
Bye.

NARA Description

On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:15 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-138 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-138

Date: March 17, 1973
Time: 10:14 am-10:15 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 882-6]

       Haig's schedule
               -Location
               -Meeting with President
                      -Executive Office Building [EOB]

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.
  • 037-137 10:11 AM · 12 sec — 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.
  • 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 037-138, March 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-138 (accessed October 12, 2026).