Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-089
Kissinger phone call on Alexander Haig and Winston Lord
Thursday, October 14, 1971 · 9:14 AM–6:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 23 sec
A 23-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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On October 14, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and unknown person(s) 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 011-089 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
[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
- 011-088 9:14 AM · 6 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.
- 011-090 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 011-089, 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/011-089 (accessed October 30, 2026).