Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-089

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 6:19 PM–7:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-089 on Tape 22 (tape position 03:26:42–03:26:51)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 6:19 PMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 7:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-089 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical step to reach Kissinger for a high-level consultation. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange, as its sole purpose was establishing the telephone link.

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NARA Description

On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 7:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-089 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-89

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:19 pm and 7:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on April 5, 1972

  • 022-087 2:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 022-088 2:54 PM · 2 min — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 703-002 4:30 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 703-003 4:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 703-004 4:36 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John K. Andrews, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 703-005 4:55 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 703-006 4:59 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers, John K. Andrews, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:59 pm to 6:19 pm.
  • 703-007 6:19 PM · 12 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-089, 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/022-089 (accessed October 1, 2026).