Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-124

Kissinger phone call on William P. Rogers

Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 4:38 PM–4:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; White House operatorConversation022-124 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:42:55–04:43:06)StartThursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:38 PMEndThursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-124 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193213 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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 022-124 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-124

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. 708-9B]

     William P. Rogers’s location
          -Arrival time
          -Secretary
          -Meeting with Kissinger

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He's on the way to the airport.

Should be on the plane at 4.55.

His secretary's on the line.

You want to talk with her?

Good.

I'll talk to him on the plane.

All right.

Thank you.

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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.
022-123 4:38 PM · 9 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 022-124, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193213). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-124 (accessed November 2, 2026).