Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-050

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, April 27, 1971 · 7:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation002-050 on Tape 2 (tape position 01:35:08–01:35:13)StartTuesday, April 27, 1971 at 7:45 PMEndTuesday, April 27, 1971 at 7:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 002-050 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The interaction served solely as a procedural step to facilitate a private communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Yes, please.
Dr. Kissinger, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-050 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 2-50

Date: April 27, 1971
Time: 7:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on April 27, 1971

  • 488-023 4:52 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 4:57 pm.
  • 488-024 4:57 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, William P. Rogers, Elmer H. Bobst, White House photographer, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:57 pm to 5:52 pm.
  • 002-047 5:13 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:13 pm.
  • 002-048 5:13 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:13 pm and 5:24 pm.
  • 002-049 5:24 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 488-025 5:54 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Edwin D. Etherington, Thomas R. Donnell, Jr., Albert L. Cole, Max M. Fisher, Henry Ford, II, Leonard H. Goldenson, Gustave Levy, Raymon H. Mulford, Frank Pace, Jr., Paul Sonnabend, W. Clement Stone, Lynn A. Townsend, and George L. Grassmuck met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:54 pm to 6:15 pm.
  • 488-026 6:15 PM · 37 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:19 pm.
  • 002-051 7:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 8:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 002-050, April 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-050 (accessed October 23, 2026).