Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-022

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 6:39 PM–7:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-022 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:24:33–00:24:45)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 6:39 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 7:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-022 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190575 ↗

A 12-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-22

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger
         -Location
                -Nelson A. Rockefeller

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Dr. Kissinger plays.
He's in New York, I think.

Also recorded on November 10, 1971

  • 616-010 5:17 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Carl T. Curtis, and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:17 pm to 6:39 pm.
  • 014-023 6:39 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm.
  • 014-024 6:39 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm.
  • 616-011 6:39 PM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 616-012 6:39 PM · 8 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 014-025 7:54 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:54 pm to 8:03 pm.
  • 014-026 8:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:06 pm.
  • 014-027 8:07 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:07 pm to 8:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-022, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190575). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-022 (accessed November 3, 2026).