Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-168
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Monday, January 3, 1972 · 12:30 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
A 13-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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On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-168 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-168
Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 12:30 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 642-005 8:45 AM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:02 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-168, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192095). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-168 (accessed October 29, 2026).