Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-141

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Monday, May 10, 1971 · 7:12 PM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation002-141 on Tape 2 (tape position 05:19:41–05:19:57)StartMonday, May 10, 1971 at 7:12 PMEndMonday, May 10, 1971 at 7:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 002-141 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to determine the current whereabouts of National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The inquiry focused on Kissinger’s ongoing meeting with the wives of American prisoners of war and his subsequent scheduling coordination with Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This brief exchange served to track Kissinger's immediate availability for follow-up administrative and logistical planning.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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5:20:59Diolch yn fawr.

5:21:05Diolch yn fawr.

NARA Description

On May 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-141 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 2-141

Date: May 10, 1971
Time: 7:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Henry A. Kissinger's location
          -Meeting with wives of prisoners of war [POWs]

     Kissinger's schedule
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

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       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on May 10, 1971

002-138 6:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 7:04 pm.
496-017 6:15 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 7:47 pm.
496-019 6:15 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:15 pm.
002-139 7:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 7:04 pm to 7:08 pm.
002-140 7:08 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:08 pm and 7:12 pm.
002-142 7:12 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:12 pm and 7:15 pm.
002-143 7:15 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 7:15 pm to 7:22 pm.
496-018 7:47 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 8:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 002-141, May 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-141 (accessed October 11, 2026).