Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-084

Kissinger phone call on Robert C. Byrd and Telephone logistics

Wednesday, April 26, 1972 · 4:10 PM–4:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; White House operatorConversation023-084 on Tape 23StartWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 4:10 PMEndWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 4:31 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-084 ↗

AI Summary

Henry Kissinger contacts the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. This brief exchange serves as the administrative initiation for a follow-up discussion between the National Security Advisor and the Senator. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this logistics-focused conversation.

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Can you get me Senator Byrd from West Virginia, please?
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 26, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-084 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-84
Date: April 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:10 and 4:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 333-21B]

     Request for a call to Robert C. Byrd

Also recorded on April 26, 1972

  • 333-021 3:43 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), White House operator, Robert C. Byrd, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 4:31 pm.
  • 023-085 4:10 PM · 4 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Robert C. Byrd talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 023-086 4:10 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 333-022 4:31 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:31 pm and 4:34 pm.
  • 023-087 4:34 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:37 pm.
  • 333-023 4:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:34 pm to 4:37 pm.
  • 333-024 4:37 PM · 1 min — 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 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 333-025 4:37 PM · 9 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 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-084, April 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-084 (accessed October 9, 2026).