Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-016

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

Friday, May 11, 1973 · 3:08 PM–3:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation046-016 on Tape 46StartFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:08 PMEndFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-016 ↗

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On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 46-16
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Date: May 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 3:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 434-29]

     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

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Yes, please.
Thank you.
  • 046-013 3:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
  • 434-025 3:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
  • 046-014 3:01 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 434-026 3:01 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 434-027 3:01 PM · 10 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 3:01 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 046-015 3:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 434-028 3:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:07 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 434-029 3:08 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 3:08 pm and 3:21 pm.

Conversation 046-016, May 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-016 (accessed November 15, 2026).