Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-118
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Friday, April 16, 1971 · 11:10 PM–11:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
An 8-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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Position in tape (archivists' log): 03:53:07 – 03:53:14
part B, 1:51:37
NARA Description
On April 16, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-118 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-118
Date: April 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:10 pm and 11:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on April 16, 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.
- 001-112 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.
- 001-113 11:04 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:04 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 · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:09 pm.
- 001-116 11:10 PM · 7 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.
- 001-119 11:22 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:22 pm to 11:27 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-118, April 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 408403935). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-118 (accessed November 6, 2026).