Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-128
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Family
Saturday, April 17, 1971 · 2:26 PM–2:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator in an attempt to reach his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. After confirming she had not yet returned, the President briefly coordinated with Henry Kissinger regarding the call. No substantive policy or political developments occurred during this brief administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-128 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-128
Date: April 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm and 2:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and
2:51 pm.
[See Conversation No. 481-7C]
Call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Julie's Eisenhower's locationAlso recorded on April 17, 1971
- 481-007 1:00 PM · 2 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, James D. Hodgson, Jeanne Ehrlichman, Bertha Denny, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 001-127 2:23 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:36 pm.
- 001-154 2:36 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:51 pm.
- 001-129 2:51 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:53 pm.
- 001-130 4:10 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:19 pm.
- 001-131 4:10 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:19 pm.
- 001-132 4:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:19 pm to 4:21 pm.
- 001-133 4:21 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:21 pm to 4:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-128, 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/001-128 (accessed October 12, 2026).