President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of this brief exchange was to initiate a connection for a direct conversation with the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. No further policy discussions or substantive developments were recorded during this brief administrative request.
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:11 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-138 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 24-138 Date: May 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:11 am Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. [See also Conversation No. 725-7] Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.