Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-111

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 5:15 PM–11:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-111 on Tape 18 (tape position 00:25:06–00:25:16)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 5:15 PMEndSaturday, January 8, 1972 at 11:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-111 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Henry Kissinger. The request specifically identified that Kissinger was currently located in California. No other substantive matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 5:15 pm on January 3, 1972 and 11:44 pm on January 8, 1972. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-111 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-111

Date: Unknown between January 3, 1972 and January 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm January 3 and 11:44 pm, January 8
Location: White House Telephone

The President’ talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger
         -California

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

018-013 4:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
018-014 4:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, unknown person(s), and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
087-002 4:44 PM · 5 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
087-003 4:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
087-004 4:44 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
087-005 4:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
087-006 4:44 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
087-007 4:44 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-111, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-111 (accessed October 12, 2026).