Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-149
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Sunday, April 18, 1971 · 1:18 PM–1:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a sequence of urgent communications with key advisors. He requested to speak with Henry Kissinger regarding ongoing matters and specified that he also needed to contact Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The exchange served as a logistical coordination effort to secure immediate consultations with these high-level officials.
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-149 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-149
Date: April 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Call from Henry A. Kissinger
Call to John B. ConnallyAlso recorded on April 18, 1971
- 001-145 10:23 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:23 am to 10:35 am.
- 001-146 10:41 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:41 am to 10:48 am.
- 001-147 10:48 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 11:12 am.
- 001-148 1:18 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 001-150 1:28 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:36 pm.
- 001-151 1:38 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 001-152 1:38 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 001-153 1:52 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:52 pm to 2:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-149, April 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-149 (accessed October 12, 2026).