Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-091

Kissinger phone call on Egon Bahr and Willy Brandt

Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 9:02 AM–5:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; White House operatorConversation005-091 on Tape 5 (tape position 02:46:45–02:47:07)StartWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 9:02 AMEndWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 5:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-091 ↗

AI Summary

Henry Kissinger requested that the White House operator place an urgent call to Egon Bahr, a key aide to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. Kissinger directed the operator to coordinate with his office to obtain the necessary contact information to reach Bahr. This effort highlights ongoing high-level diplomatic communications between the Nixon administration and the West German government.

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Can you get me Mr. Parr, P-A-H-R, the assistant to Chancellor Brandt?
Assistant Chancellor of whom, sir?
Of Brandt.
Yes, sir.
Ask my office.
They know how to get him.
This is Mr. Kissinger.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On June 16, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 5:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-091 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-91

Date: June 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:02 am and 5:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 522-2A]

     Call to Egon Bahr
           -Chancellor Willy Brandt

Also recorded on June 16, 1971

  • 005-092 9:02 AM · 4 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Egon Bahr talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 5:10 pm.
  • 005-093 9:02 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 5:10 pm.
  • 522-001 9:05 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 10:38 am.
  • 522-002 10:39 AM · 1 hr 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Egon Bahr, Ellsworth F. Bunker, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:39 am to 12:07 pm.
  • 522-003 12:07 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:26 pm.
  • 522-004 12:26 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ambassador E. Ross Adair, Mrs. E. Ross Adair, and W. Marshall Wright met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:37 pm.
  • 522-005 12:38 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Herbert G. Klein, Stanley S. Scott, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:38 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 522-006 12:46 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, George Tames, Arnold C. Noel, Norman Driscoll, Byron Rollins, Maurice Johnson, Charles Shutt, Barry Stroup, George Gaylin, William Beall, Carl Kramer, James Raney, Charles Woolsey, John McGee, John Arrowsmith, William Galbraith, Lynne Peterson, Allan Smith, Constance ("Connie") Chung, Paul Sisco, Frank E. Cancellare, Henry Griffin, Thomas ("Tom") Craven, Sr., Hugo Johnson, Robert D. Denton, J. Thomas Baltzell, George Dorsey, Joe Roberts, and Andrew J. May met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 12:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-091, June 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-091 (accessed October 5, 2026).