Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-061

Nixon phone call with Kissinger on John J. McCloy

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 6:30 PM–6:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation014-061 on Tape 14 (tape position 01:59:54–02:00:14)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 6:30 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 6:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-061 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190653 ↗

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On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-061 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 14-61

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 298-45B]

     Request for a call to John J. McCloy
         -Henry A. Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator at an unknown time.

          -Telephone number

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Just a minute.
Operator, I just placed a call to Mr. McCloy in New York.
Dr. Kissinger will talk on that call.
He's calling from my office, but I just want to be sure to tell him Dr. Kissinger's calling.
That's Mr. John J. McCloy?
Yeah, John J. McCloy.
You must have the number.
Yes, we do.
  • 014-058 6:16 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:21 pm.
  • 014-059 6:21 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 6:21 pm to 6:29 pm.
  • 298-044 6:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:21 pm to 6:29 pm.
  • 014-060 6:30 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 014-062 6:30 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and John J. McCloy talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 014-063 6:30 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:11 pm.
  • 014-064 6:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:11 pm.
  • 298-045 6:30 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and John J. McCloy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm.

Conversation 014-061, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190653). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-061 (accessed November 2, 2026).