Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-088
Kissinger phone call
Thursday, October 14, 1971 · 9:14 AM–6:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
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NARA Description
On October 14, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-088 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-088
Date: October 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to his office
[Conversation 11-89 originally started here but has been merged with conversation 11 -88.]
Henry A. Kissinger talked with an unknown woman.
[See Conversation No. 289-18A]
Request for the communique to be brought to the Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Winston LordTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on October 14, 1971
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- 011-090 9:14 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-091 9:14 AM · 5 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-092 9:14 AM · 14 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-093 9:14 AM · 36 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Gerard C. Smith talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-094 9:14 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-095 9:14 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 592-003 9:14 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 9:32 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-088, October 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190073). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-088 (accessed November 2, 2026).