Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-123

Kissinger phone call on William P. Rogers and State Department

Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 4:38 PM–4:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; White House operatorConversation022-123 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:42:46–04:42:55)StartThursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:38 PMEndThursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-123 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193211 ↗

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NARA Description

On April 13, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-123 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-123

Date: April 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 708-9A]

     Request for call to William P. Rogers

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Get me Secretary Rogers, please, Mr. Kissinger.

Yes, thank you, sir.

Also recorded on April 13, 1972

708-004 4:31 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:31 pm.
708-005 4:31 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:31 pm.
708-006 4:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Frank DeMarco, Jr., and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:34 pm.
708-007 4:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
708-008 4:34 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
708-009 4:37 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 4:46 pm.
022-124 4:38 PM · 11 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm.
708-010 4:46 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 4:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-123, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193211). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-123 (accessed November 2, 2026).