Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-064

Nixon phone call with Kissinger on H. R. Haldeman and Staff coordination

Tuesday, January 25, 1972 · 8:55 PM–9:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-064 on Tape 19StartTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 8:55 PMEndTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 9:21 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-064 ↗

AI Summary

Henry Kissinger contacts the President to facilitate an urgent communication with White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. Kissinger requests that the White House operator connect him with both Haldeman and an individual identified as Kirchner. This brief exchange serves primarily as an administrative coordination effort to mobilize key staff members for a follow-up discussion.

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Can you get me Mr. Haldeman and Mr. Kirchner?

NARA Description

On January 25, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger, President Richard M. Nixon, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 9:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-64

Date: January 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:55 pm and 9:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger conferred with the President.

Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on January 26, 1972

  • 019-065 8:55 PM · 8 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-066 8:55 PM · 9 sec — the White House operator and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-067 8:55 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-068 8:55 PM · 18 sec — the White House operator and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-069 8:55 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Michael M. Marshall, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-070 8:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-071 8:55 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-072 8:55 PM · 9 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-064, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-064 (accessed October 6, 2026).