Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-050
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 9:33 AM–10:12 AM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
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On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-050 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-50
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:33 am and 10:12 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 799-9B]
Request for a call for Henry A. Kissinger
-Melvin R. Laird
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on October 16, 1972
- 799-006 8:50 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:29 am.
- 799-007 9:29 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:29 am and 9:32 am.
- 031-048 9:32 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:32 am.
- 799-008 9:32 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:32 am.
- 031-049 9:33 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:12 am.
- 031-051 9:33 AM · 49 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:47 am.
- 799-009 9:33 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 10:12 am.
- 799-010 10:13 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 10:19 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-050, October 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/031-050 (accessed November 15, 2026).