Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-033
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry A. Kissinger
Monday, March 27, 1972 · 7:48 PM–7:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to facilitate a high-level consultation between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this connection process.
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NARA Description
On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:48 pm and 7:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-33
Date: March 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:48 pm and 7:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on March 28, 1972
- 022-032 7:48 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:48 pm.
- 022-034 7:51 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 8:04 pm.
- 022-035 8:05 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:26 pm.
- 097-002 7:30 AM · 1 hr 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Norris Cotton, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John J. Rhodes, H. Allen Smith, Samuel L. Devine, Robert J. Dole, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, Harry S. Dent, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Patrick J. Buchanan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Herbert Stein, and Noel C. Koch, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 10:01 am.
- 695-001 7:48 AM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:48 am and 10:19 am.
- 097-003 10:01 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:00 pm.
- 695-002 10:19 AM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:19 am to 11:11 am.
- 022-036 10:30 AM · 4 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 5:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-033, March 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-033 (accessed October 1, 2026).