Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-076

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, April 4, 1972 · 8:15 PM–8:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-076 on Tape 22 (tape position 03:06:20–03:06:29)StartTuesday, April 4, 1972 at 8:15 PMEndTuesday, April 4, 1972 at 8:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-076 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This administrative interaction serves as a precursor to substantive policy discussions regarding national security or foreign affairs. No further dialogue was recorded during this specific exchange.

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Dr. Kissinger, please.

Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-076 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-76

Date: April 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 329-8]

     Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on April 5, 1972

329-001 8:15 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
329-002 8:15 PM · 24 sec — unknown person(s) and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
329-003 8:15 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
329-004 8:15 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
329-005 8:15 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
329-006 8:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
329-007 8:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
329-008 8:15 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-076, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-076 (accessed October 1, 2026).