Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-015

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 4:57 PM–5:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-015 on Tape 24 (tape position 00:12:49–00:12:56)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:57 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 5:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical request to bridge the two parties. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.

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Yes, sir.
Yeah, hello.
Hello.
Yes, sir.
Dr. Kissinger, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-15

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 336-031 4:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:50 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 024-013 4:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 4:55 pm to 4:57 pm.
  • 336-032 4:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:57 pm.
  • 024-014 4:57 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 336-033 4:57 PM · 55 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 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 336-034 4:57 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 336-035 4:57 PM · 17 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 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 336-036 4:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-015, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-015 (accessed October 9, 2026).