Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-119
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 8:18 PM–9:16 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request an urgent telephone connection to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative exchange served as the necessary step to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request.
Audio
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-119 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-119
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 339-8]
Request for a call to Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
- 024-116 8:15 PM · 3 min — W. Mark Felt and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:15 pm to 8:18 pm.
- 024-117 8:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 024-118 8:18 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 024-120 8:18 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 339-006 8:18 PM · 50 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 339-007 8:18 PM · 26 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 339-008 8:18 PM · 23 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 339-009 8:18 PM · 13 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-119, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-119 (accessed October 9, 2026).