Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 37 › Conversation 037-169

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

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 2:31 PM–3:10 PM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation037-169 onTape 37StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 2:31 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 3:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-169 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to request a call with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of this contact was to facilitate urgent communication with his chief deputy. No further substance was recorded beyond this administrative request to connect with Haig.

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General Haig, please.

NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 3:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-169 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-169

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 884-18]

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

Also recorded on March 20, 1973

  • 884-018 2:31 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 884-025 2:31 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 037-170 3:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:10 pm to 3:19 pm.
  • 884-019 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 884-020 3:16 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 884-021 3:19 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:19 pm and 3:26 pm.
  • 884-022 3:19 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:19 pm and 3:26 pm.
  • 884-023 3:26 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Linwood Holton, William T. Cahill, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:26 pm to 4:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-169, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-169 (accessed September 18, 2026).