Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-097
Nixon phone call with Haig on J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 9:01 AM–9:14 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon facilitates a connection between Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. through the White House operator. This brief administrative exchange serves to initiate a direct line of communication between the two officials. The conversation concludes immediately upon the successful coordination of this requested call.
- White House communications
- Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
- J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
- administrative coordination
- internal staff operations
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NARA Description
On June 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-097 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-97
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:01 and 9:14 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 933-3A]
Request for telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. from Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on June 6, 1973
- 933-001 8:25 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:53 am.
- 933-002 8:53 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 9:01 am.
- 039-098 9:01 AM · 1 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:14 am.
- 039-099 9:01 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:14 am.
- 933-003 9:01 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:01 am to 10:03 am.
- 039-100 9:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:14 am to 9:15 am.
- 933-004 10:03 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:05 am.
- 933-005 10:05 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clarence M. Kelley, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:35 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-097, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-097 (accessed October 12, 2026).