Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-074
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 9:44 PM–10:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
A 6-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 October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 10:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-074 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-074
Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:44 pm and 10:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 289-9]
Request for call to Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on October 12, 1971
- 011-072 9:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
- 291-006 9:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
- 291-007 9:13 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
- 011-073 9:41 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:41 pm to 9:44 pm.
- 291-008 9:41 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:41 pm to 9:44 pm.
- 291-009 9:44 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 10:09 pm.
- 291-010 9:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 10:16 pm.
- 011-075 10:09 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:09 pm to 10:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-074, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190045). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-074 (accessed November 12, 2026).