Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 37 › Conversation 037-189

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

Wednesday, March 21, 1973 · 3:49 PM–4:23 PM ET · White House Telephone ·12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation037-189 onTape 37StartWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 3:49 PMEndWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 4:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-189 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an immediate connection with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his top military aide. The conversation consisted solely of this request for the operator to bridge the call.

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General Haig, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-189 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-189

Date: March 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 421-12]

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

Also recorded on March 21, 1973

  • 037-187 3:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 421-009 3:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 037-188 3:48 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 421-010 3:48 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 421-011 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm.
  • 421-012 3:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm.
  • 037-190 4:23 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:23 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 421-013 4:23 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:23 pm to 4:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-189, March 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-189 (accessed September 18, 2026).