Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-035

Kissinger phone call on Helmut Sonnenfeldt and Communication

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 11:31 AM–12:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; White House operatorConversation014-035 on Tape 14 (tape position 01:03:49–01:03:58)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 11:31 AMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 12:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-035 ↗

AI Summary

Henry Kissinger directed the White House operator to connect him with National Security Council staffer Helmut Sonnenfeldt. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a telephone communication between the two officials. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.

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Get me Mr. Sonnenfeld.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-35

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm

Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 298-5C]

     Request for a call to Helmut Sonnenfeldt

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  • 298-002 11:24 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-003 11:24 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-004 11:24 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-005 11:29 AM · 1 hr 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:29 am to 1:16 pm.
  • 014-036 11:31 AM · 1 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm.
  • 014-037 11:31 AM · 30 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-035, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-035 (accessed October 1, 2026).