Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-007

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 9:33 PM–9:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-007 on Tape 4 (tape position 00:22:17–00:22:23)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 9:33 PMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 9:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of a high-level diplomatic or security-related communication. No further substantive details regarding the purpose of the call were captured in this recording.

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NARA Description

On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 pm and 9:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-7

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:33 pm and 9:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on June 2, 1971

  • 004-005 9:01 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:20 pm.
  • 004-006 9:20 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:20 pm to 9:33 pm.
  • 004-008 9:38 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:38 pm to 9:49 pm.
  • 004-009 9:49 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:49 pm and 9:51 pm.
  • 004-010 9:51 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:51 pm to 10:09 pm.
  • 004-011 10:09 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:09 pm to 10:10 pm.
  • 004-012 10:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:10 pm to 10:16 pm.
  • 004-013 10:16 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:16 pm to 10:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-007, June 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-007 (accessed October 23, 2026).