Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-062

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Thursday, October 26, 1972 · 11:37 PM–11:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-062 on Tape 32StartThursday, October 26, 1972 at 11:37 PMEndThursday, October 26, 1972 at 11:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-062 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194023 ↗

A 12-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On October 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:37 pm and 11:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-062 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-062

Date: October 26, 1972
Time: Unkown between 11:37 pm and 11:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger.

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Yes, please.
Dr. Kissinger, please.
If he's in bed, don't wake him.
All right.
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  • 375-022 4:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
  • 032-063 11:44 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:44 pm to 11:53 pm.
  • 032-064 11:53 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:53 pm.
  • 032-065 11:53 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:53 pm on October 26, 1972 to 12:21 am on October 27, 1972.

Conversation 032-062, October 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194023). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-062 (accessed November 2, 2026).