Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-056

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 4:11 PM–4:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-056 on Tape 29StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:11 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-056 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection for Henry Kissinger. The primary purpose of this interaction was to reach Richard K. Cook on behalf of the National Security Advisor. No further policy discussions or significant substantive developments occurred during this brief administrative request.

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NARA Description

On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 4:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-056 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-56

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:11 pm and 4:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 363-16A]

     Request for a call to Richard K. Cook for Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 029-053 4:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:08 pm.
  • 029-054 4:10 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:10 pm.
  • 363-014 4:10 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 4:10 pm.
  • 029-055 4:11 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:11 pm.
  • 029-057 4:11 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Richard K. Cook talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 4:47 pm.
  • 029-058 4:11 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 4:47 pm.
  • 363-015 4:11 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:11 pm.
  • 363-016 4:11 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, Richard K. Cook, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:11 pm to 4:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-056, August 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/029-056 (accessed October 1, 2026).