Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-097

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

Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 5:40 PM–5:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-097 on Tape 45StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 5:40 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 5:43 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-097 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request through the White House operator to place a telephone call. The primary purpose of the communication was to connect the President with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-097 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-97

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:40 pm and 5:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                Conversation No. 45-97 (cont’d)

[See also Conversation No. 433-32]

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

Also recorded on May 1, 1973

  • 045-096 5:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 5:38 pm to 5:40 pm.
  • 433-031 5:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:38 pm to 5:40 pm.
  • 433-032 5:40 PM · 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 5:40 pm and 5:43 pm.
  • 045-098 5:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:44 pm.
  • 433-033 5:43 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:43 pm to 5:44 pm.
  • 045-099 5:44 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 045-100 5:44 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 433-034 5:44 PM · 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 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-097, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-097 (accessed October 5, 2026).