Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-040
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 8:21 PM–9:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a logistical administrative request to facilitate communication with his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection.
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NARA Description
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:21 pm and 9:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-40
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:21 pm and 9:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for telephone call
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on June 13, 1973
- 444-024 8:17 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:17 pm and 9:30 pm.
- 040-039 8:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:21 pm.
- 040-041 9:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:28 pm to 9:30 pm.
- 040-042 9:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 444-025 9:30 PM · 8 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 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 040-043 9:37 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 444-026 9:37 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 040-044 9:56 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 pm and 10:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-040, June 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-040 (accessed October 9, 2026).