Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-095
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry A. Kissinger
Monday, May 1, 1972 · 6:49 PM–6:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This interaction served purely as an administrative step to reach a key foreign policy official during a critical period. No substantive discussion occurred between the President and the operator beyond the request to initiate the call.
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NARA Description
On May 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 6:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-095 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-95
Date: May 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:49 and 6:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on May 1, 1972
- 716-005 6:48 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:48 pm to 6:49 pm.
- 716-006 6:49 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:49 pm.
- 023-096 6:53 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 6:53 pm to 7:06 pm.
- 023-097 7:06 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:06 pm and 7:07 pm.
- 023-098 7:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:07 pm to 7:08 pm.
- 023-099 7:09 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:11 pm.
- 023-100 7:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 7:11 pm to 7:13 pm.
- 023-101 7:13 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:13 pm and 7:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-095, May 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-095 (accessed October 9, 2026).