Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-072
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on White House social events
Monday, April 12, 1971 · 7:23 PM–7:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 28 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon calls Henry Kissinger to check on the status of an ongoing meeting and invites him to dinner at the White House. They coordinate their schedules, agreeing that Kissinger will join the President in the Lincoln Room in fifteen minutes. The call serves primarily as a social coordination effort between the two officials.
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NARA Description
On April 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:23 pm to 7:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-072 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-72
Date: April 12, 1971
Time: 7:23 pm - 7:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Kissinger's schedule
Invitation to dinnerAlso recorded on April 13, 1971
- 053-001 8:04 AM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including John N. Irwin, II, Paul A. Volcker, Melvin R. Laird, Richard G. Kleindeinst, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Hollis M. Dole, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, John C. Whitaker, William E. Kriegsman, Arthur J. Sohmer, Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Gen. George A. Lincoln, S. David Freeman, Milton Shaw, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Chet Holifield, John O. Pastore, Howard H. Baker, Jr., and John B. Anderson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:07 am.
- 478-001 9:17 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:17 am and 9:30 am.
- 478-012 9:17 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:17 am and 9:30 am.
- 001-073 9:30 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 9:36 am.
- 478-002 9:30 AM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter G. Peterson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Emily (Sears) Lodge, Paul W. McCracken, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 11:13 am.
- 001-074 9:36 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. George A. Lincoln talked on the telephone from 9:36 am to 9:40 am.
- 001-075 9:59 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:16 am.
- 001-076 10:16 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:16 am to 10:21 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-072, April 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-072 (accessed October 12, 2026).