Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-065

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 2:39 PM–3:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-065 on Tape 18 (tape position 02:53:04–02:53:10)StartTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 2:39 PMEndTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 3:43 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-065 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192223 ↗

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On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-065 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 18-65

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 312-25]

     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

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Dr. Kissinger, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.
  • 312-022 2:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 312-023 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 312-024 2:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 312-025 2:39 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 018-066 3:43 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 312-026 3:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 018-067 3:49 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 312-027 3:49 PM · 2 min — 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 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.

Conversation 018-065, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192223). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-065 (accessed November 13, 2026).