Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-101
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Friday, March 30, 1973 · 1:00 PM–1:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. at the Pentagon. This brief communication served as the logistical initiation of a follow-up conversation between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial exchange.
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NARA Description
On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-101 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-101
Date: March 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[See also Conversation No. 890-29]
Call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.Also recorded on March 30, 1973
- 890-024 12:56 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm.
- 890-025 12:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm.
- 044-098 12:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:58 pm.
- 044-099 12:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:58 pm.
- 890-026 12:58 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:58 pm.
- 044-100 12:59 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:00 pm.
- 890-027 12:59 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
- 890-028 1:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:05 pm to 1:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-101, March 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-101 (accessed October 5, 2026).