Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-061

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry A. Kissinger

Thursday, March 30, 1972 · 7:45 PM–8:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-061 on Tape 22 (tape position 02:30:34–02:30:41)StartThursday, March 30, 1972 at 7:45 PMEndThursday, March 30, 1972 at 8:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-061 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a high-level consultation between the President and his advisor. The call highlights the established protocol for managing the President's secure communications during the period.

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Yes, sir.
That guest, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 8:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-61

Date: March 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:45 pm and 8:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on March 31, 1972

  • 022-055 7:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:16 pm to 7:20 pm.
  • 022-056 7:20 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:20 pm and 7:22 pm.
  • 022-057 7:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:22 pm to 7:26 pm.
  • 022-058 7:26 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:26 pm and 7:33 pm.
  • 022-059 7:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:26 pm and 7:33 pm.
  • 022-060 7:33 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:33 pm to 7:45 pm.
  • 022-062 8:02 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:02 pm to 8:07 pm.
  • 699-001 10:13 AM · 1 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 11:14 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-061, March 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-061 (accessed October 27, 2026).