Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-036
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Sudan hostage crisis and Black September
Friday, March 2, 1973 · 8:05 PM–8:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 55 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger spoke to discuss the hostage crisis in Sudan involving the Black September organization and the status of American and Belgian diplomats. Nixon sought clarification on conflicting reports regarding the casualties provided by Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler. Kissinger agreed to verify the details of the incident and report back to the President immediately, while the two also briefly addressed Secretary of State William P. Rogers's travel schedule.
- Sudan hostage crisis
- Black September
- diplomatic security
- Ronald Ziegler
- William P. Rogers
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NARA Description
On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 37-36
Date: March 2, 1973
Time: 8:05 pm-8:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Sudan hostages [Black September]
-Saudi Arabian military attaché
-Killing of American and Belgian diplomats
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Saudi Arabia
William P. Rogers's scheduleTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on March 2, 1973
- 037-033 5:14 PM · 13 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:31 pm.
- 867-039 5:40 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:40 pm to 5:51 pm.
- 867-040 5:52 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:52 pm to 6:40 pm.
- 867-041 6:40 PM · 10 sec — Unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:40 pm on March 2, 1973 and 9:10 am on March 3, 1973.
- 037-034 8:01 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:01 pm.
- 037-035 8:01 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 pm and 8:05 pm.
- 037-037 8:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 8:06 pm to 8:08 pm.
- 037-038 8:28 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:28 pm to 8:33 pm.
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- Nixon phone call with Haldeman on International monetary affairs March 14, 1972 · 2 min
- Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Soviet Union summit May 19, 1972 · 4 min
- Nixon & Bull on William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger August 4, 1971
Cite this conversation
Conversation 037-036, March 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195213). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-036 (accessed November 2, 2026).