Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-063

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

Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 10:15 AM–11:22 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-063 on Tape 40StartWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:15 AMEndWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a connection with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to reach the White House Chief of Staff. No substantive policy matters or further developments were recorded in this brief coordination call.

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NARA Description

On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 11:22 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-63

Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 10:15 am - 11:22 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation 445-1B]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

     Request for telephone call
          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Also recorded on June 13, 1973

  • 939-001 9:10 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:22 am.
  • 939-002 9:22 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William E. Timmons, and Nellie L. Yates met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:22 am to 10:10 am.
  • 939-004 10:10 AM · 34 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 4:32 pm.
  • 445-001 10:15 AM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 11:33 am.
  • 040-064 11:22 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:22 am to 11:26 am.
  • 040-065 11:26 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:33 am.
  • 445-002 11:26 AM · 11 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 11:26 am and 11:33 am.
  • 445-003 11:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:33 am to 11:36 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-063, 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/040-063 (accessed October 9, 2026).