Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-068

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Monday, April 3, 1972 · 6:35 PM–7:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-068 on Tape 22 (tape position 02:52:07–02:52:15)StartMonday, April 3, 1972 at 6:35 PMEndMonday, April 3, 1972 at 7:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a high-level discussion regarding national security or foreign policy matters. No substantive policy decisions were finalized during this preliminary request.

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That gets me crazy.

NARA Description

On April 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:35 pm and 7:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-68

Date: April 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:35 pm and 7:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on April 3, 1972

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  • 022-067 3:19 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:19 pm to 3:33 pm.
  • 328-035 3:19 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:19 pm to 3:33 pm.
  • 328-036 3:55 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:26 pm.
  • 700-009 4:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:27 pm to 4:31 pm.
  • 700-010 4:32 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:32 pm to 5:36 pm.
  • 700-012 5:36 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:36 pm to 5:48 pm.
  • 700-013 5:49 PM · 3 min — unknown person(s) and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:49 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-068, April 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/022-068 (accessed October 11, 2026).