Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-077

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 6:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-077 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 6:11 PMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 6:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-077 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The President requested information regarding Kissinger's current location and instructed the operator to have him return the call. This brief exchange served as a logistical step to secure a direct line for policy deliberations between the two men.

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Operator, I think he's in a position.
Oh, thank you.

NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-77

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: 6:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger
         -Location
         -Return call

Also recorded on April 25, 1972

  • 023-073 4:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm.
  • 334-004 4:24 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm.
  • 334-005 4:24 PM · 10 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 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm.
  • 023-074 4:26 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:26 pm.
  • 334-006 4:26 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:26 pm.
  • 334-007 4:28 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:28 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 023-075 4:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:43 pm to 4:45 pm.
  • 023-076 5:47 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:47 pm and 6:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-077, April 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-077 (accessed October 12, 2026).