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Conversation 001-072

TapeTape 1StartMonday, April 12, 1971 at 7:23 PMEndMonday, April 12, 1971 at 7:25 PMTape start time02:21:27Tape end time02:21:58ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
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.

Henry KissingerWhite House social eventsschedulingPresidential communication
AudioNARA 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 dinner
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello.
Mr. President.
Do you finish your meeting or are you still having it?
I still have it, but it'll last another five or ten minutes.
Yeah.
Are you going out to dinner?
No, I was going to stay here.
If you want to come over, we'll give you something to eat here.
Oh, that's very nice.
Why don't you come over to the Lincoln Room just as soon as you can finish.
I'll tell him to serve it in about ten minutes.
Can you be here in ten minutes?
Can I make it fifteen?
Fifteen minutes is fine.
Good.
I'll be over in fifteen minutes.
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