Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-063

Nixon phone call with Haig on Administrative coordination

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 11:52 AM–11:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Conversation039-063 on Tape 39StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 11:52 AMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 11:53 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to request an immediate, in-person meeting at the White House. The President indicated that he had specific materials or matters he needed to address with Haig directly. Haig acknowledged the request and agreed to head over to the President's location to discuss these urgent items.

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Hello, Mr. President.
I'll take a break for a minute or two.
Could you come over?
Yes, sir.
I've got some things for you.
All right.

NARA Description

On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:52 am to 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-63

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: 11:52 am - 11:53 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 442-7]

       President’s schedule
              -Request for meeting with Haig

Also recorded on June 4, 1973

  • 039-061 11:19 AM · 11 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:19 am.
  • 442-003 11:19 AM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:24 am.
  • 442-004 11:24 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:24 am to 11:30 am.
  • 039-062 11:30 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:52 am.
  • 442-005 11:30 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:52 am.
  • 442-006 11:30 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:52 am.
  • 442-007 11:52 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:52 am to 11:53 am.
  • 442-008 11:58 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:58 am to 12:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-063, June 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-063 (accessed October 1, 2026).