Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-061
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Monday, November 1, 1971 · 8:03 PM–8:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a call to his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief communication served solely as a request to connect with Kissinger to discuss high-level national security matters. This interaction reflects the standard procedural workflow for the President to reach his primary foreign policy aide.
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-061 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-061
Date: November 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on November 2, 1971
- 013-060 7:42 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:42 pm to 8:03 pm.
- 013-062 8:12 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:12 pm to 8:17 pm.
- 611-001 8:15 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:15 am and 8:43 am.
- 013-063 8:43 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:19 am.
- 611-002 8:43 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:43 am to 9:32 am.
- 013-064 9:19 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:20 am.
- 611-003 9:32 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:32 am to 10:45 am.
- 611-004 10:50 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:50 am to 10:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-061, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-061 (accessed October 12, 2026).