Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-194

Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Stewart Alsop and Press relations

Friday, July 23, 1971 · 9:40 AM–9:48 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation006-194 on Tape 6 (tape position 04:56:50–04:57:03)StartFriday, July 23, 1971 at 9:40 AMEndFriday, July 23, 1971 at 9:48 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-194 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinated a telephone call to journalist Stewart Alsop, who was currently hospitalized at the National Institute of Health. The participants sought to locate Alsop's direct contact information through the White House operator to facilitate the outreach. This brief exchange focused entirely on the logistics of reaching the ailing columnist.

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I was over at the other room.
Yes, please.
Mr. Alsop, Stuart Alsop, he's in the hospital.
Do you have his number?
Okay.
National Institute of Health.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On July 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-194 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-194

Date: July 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 9:48 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; Henry A. Kissinger can be heard in the
background.

[See Conversation No. 544-4A]

     Call to Stewart J.O. Alsop

Also recorded on July 23, 1971

  • 544-001 9:38 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:38 am to 9:40 am.
  • 544-002 9:40 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:40 am.
  • 544-003 9:40 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:40 am.
  • 544-004 9:40 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stewart J. O. Alsop, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:40 am to 10:21 am.
  • 006-195 9:48 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stewart J. O. Alsop talked on the telephone from 9:48 am to 9:51 am.
  • 006-196 9:51 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 1:55 pm.
  • 544-005 10:21 AM · 8 sec — Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:25 am.
  • 544-006 10:21 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-194, July 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-194 (accessed October 9, 2026).