Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-101
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Monday, May 1, 1972 · 7:13 PM–7:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
A 6-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 May 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:13 pm and 7:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-101 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-101
Date: May 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:13 and 7:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on May 1, 1972
- 023-095 6:49 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 6:53 pm.
- 716-006 6:49 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:49 pm.
- 023-096 6:53 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 6:53 pm to 7:06 pm.
- 023-097 7:06 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:06 pm and 7:07 pm.
- 023-098 7:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:07 pm to 7:08 pm.
- 023-099 7:09 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:11 pm.
- 023-100 7:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 7:11 pm to 7:13 pm.
- 023-102 7:18 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:18 pm to 7:19 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-101, May 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193487). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-101 (accessed November 1, 2026).