President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This administrative interaction highlights the President's reliance on the operator for coordinating high-level communications during the Nixon administration. No further details regarding the substance of the eventual discussion with Kissinger are available from this specific recording.
On January 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 36-34 Date: January 21, 1973 Time: Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:22 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 402-6] Request for a telephone call to Henry A. Kissinger
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.