Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-033

Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Executive Office Building

Thursday, July 29, 1971 · 8:24 PM–8:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation007-033 on Tape 7 (tape position 01:50:58–01:51:11)StartThursday, July 29, 1971 at 8:24 PMEndThursday, July 29, 1971 at 8:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinate a logistics plan for an immediate, unscheduled meeting at the Executive Office Building. The brief exchange serves solely to confirm their respective locations and establish a rendezvous point. Kissinger acknowledges the directive and prepares to depart his current office to join the President.

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Hello, Henry?
Mr. Pez.
Where are you?
In your office?
Yeah.
Want to come over to EOB?
Right, I'll come right now.

NARA Description

On July 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-33

Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 8:24 pm - 8:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with Kissinger

Also recorded on July 30, 1971

  • 007-032 8:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:19 pm.
  • 007-034 8:25 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:56 pm.
  • 007-035 8:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:56 pm to 8:57 pm.
  • 267-002 9:08 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:08 am to 9:10 am.
  • 267-003 9:10 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:13 am.
  • 007-036 9:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 9:13 am to 9:15 am.
  • 267-004 9:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 am to 9:15 am.
  • 007-037 9:15 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 10:27 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-033, July 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-033 (accessed October 9, 2026).