Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-052

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger and Map Room

Thursday, March 30, 1972 · 11:42 AM–12:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-052 on Tape 22 (tape position 02:10:04–02:10:12)StartThursday, March 30, 1972 at 11:42 AMEndThursday, March 30, 1972 at 12:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-052 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to reach Henry Kissinger in the Map Room. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to a subsequent, more substantive consultation with his National Security Advisor. No further policy discussion takes place during this specific segment of the telephone log.

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Would you ring the map room, please, and ask for Dr. Kissinger?
Surely.
Okay.

NARA Description

On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 12:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-052 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-52

Date: March 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:42 am and 12:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 697-25]

     Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
         -Map Room

Also recorded on March 30, 1972

  • 697-008 11:34 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Oliver W. Rudd, Jr., Mrs. Oliver W. Rudd, Jr., Alice D. Rudd, Caroline M. Rudd, Rose Mary Woods, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:34 am to 11:39 am.
  • 022-051 11:39 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:39 am to 11:42 am.
  • 697-009 11:39 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:39 am.
  • 697-010 11:39 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:39 am.
  • 697-011 11:39 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 11:42 am.
  • 697-012 11:42 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:48 am.
  • 697-013 11:42 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:48 am.
  • 697-014 11:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:48 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-052, March 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-052 (accessed October 12, 2026).