Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-110
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 6:21 PM–7:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a high-level consultation during a period of intense foreign policy activity. No substantive policy discussions occurred, as the exchange focused exclusively on connecting the President to his advisor.
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NARA Description
On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 7:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-110 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-110
Date: April 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:21 pm and 7:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on April 11, 1972
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- 329-023 2:08 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 329-024 2:08 PM · 30 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 2:08 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 329-025 2:08 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 329-026 2:45 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 2:55 pm.
- 706-004 2:57 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 3:03 pm.
- 706-005 3:06 PM · 1 hr 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, and Frederic V. Malek met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 5:05 pm.
- 706-006 5:05 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-110, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-110 (accessed October 1, 2026).