Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-016
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Sunday, January 9, 1972 · 12:39 PM–12:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
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On January 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-16
Date: January 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 312-2]
Request for a call to Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 9, 1972
- 312-001 12:39 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:41 pm.
- 312-002 12:39 PM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:41 pm.
- 312-003 12:39 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:41 pm.
- 018-017 12:41 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:41 pm to 12:52 pm.
- 312-004 12:41 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:41 pm to 12:52 pm.
- 018-018 12:52 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:52 pm and 12:55 pm.
- 312-005 12:52 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:52 pm and 12:55 pm.
- 312-006 12:52 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:52 pm and 12:55 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-016, January 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192127). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-016 (accessed November 1, 2026).