Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-216

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

Thursday, May 10, 1973 · 6:13 PM–6:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-216 on Tape 45StartThursday, May 10, 1973 at 6:13 PMEndThursday, May 10, 1973 at 6:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-216 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request an urgent telephone call with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. He instructed the operator to reach Haig as soon as he concluded his current meeting. This brief administrative exchange served to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Chief of Staff.

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would you have general haig call me when he gets uh he's in a meeting at the moment when he gets free please yes

NARA Description

On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-216 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-216

Date: May 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:13 pm and 6:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Also recorded on May 10, 1973

  • 045-209 5:17 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:17 pm to 5:20 pm.
  • 045-210 5:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 045-211 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm.
  • 045-214 6:00 PM · 23 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 045-212 6:01 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:01 pm to 6:06 pm.
  • 045-213 6:06 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:06 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 045-215 6:10 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 6:10 pm to 6:13 pm.
  • 045-217 6:40 PM · 7 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:40 pm to 6:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-216, May 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-216 (accessed October 5, 2026).