Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-053
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Monday, May 17, 1971 · 6:37 PM–7:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
A 4-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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NARA Description
On May 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-053
Date: May 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:37 pm and 7:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on May 17, 1971
- 003-054 7:29 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:29 pm to 7:30 pm.
- 003-055 7:30 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:30 pm and 7:34 pm.
- 003-056 7:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:34 pm.
- 003-057 7:35 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 7:35 pm to 7:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-053, May 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188353). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-053 (accessed November 12, 2026).