Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-113
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Friday, April 16, 1971 · 11:04 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This administrative call served to establish communication with Kissinger late at night for undisclosed high-level deliberations. No further substantive dialogue was recorded between the President and the operator beyond the request to initiate the bridge.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-113 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-113
Date: April 16, 1971
Time: 11:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on April 17, 1971
- 001-109 10:56 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:56 pm and 11:01 pm.
- 001-110 10:56 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:56 pm and 11:01 pm.
- 001-112 11:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:01 pm to 11:03 pm.
- 001-114 11:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:05 pm to 11:09 pm.
- 001-115 11:09 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:09 pm.
- 001-116 11:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at 11:10 pm.
- 001-117 11:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:10 pm and 11:22 pm.
- 001-118 11:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:10 pm and 11:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-113, April 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-113 (accessed October 12, 2026).