Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-117

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander Haig

Friday, May 18, 1973 · 9:06 PM–9:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation046-117 on Tape 46StartFriday, May 18, 1973 at 9:06 PMEndFriday, May 18, 1973 at 9:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-117 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The purpose of the exchange is solely to facilitate this communication, as the President requests to be connected with Haig. No further substantive discussion or decision-making occurs during this brief interaction.

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John Hague, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-117 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-117

Date: May 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:06 pm and 9:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Also recorded on May 19, 1973

  • 046-116 8:49 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:49 pm to 9:06 pm.
  • 046-118 9:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:25 pm to 9:28 pm.
  • 923-001 10:03 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:17 am.
  • 923-002 10:17 AM · 1 hr 9 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 10:48 am.
  • 923-003 10:48 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:48 am to 10:54 am.
  • 923-004 10:54 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 11:02 am.
  • 923-005 11:02 AM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 12:47 pm.
  • 923-006 11:48 AM · 54 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:48 am and 12:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-117, May 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-117 (accessed October 12, 2026).