Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-046

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Sunday, March 4, 1973 · 11:36 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-046 on Tape 37StartSunday, March 4, 1973 at 11:36 AMEndSunday, March 4, 1973 at 11:36 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-046 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for a connection.

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Uh, Dr. Kissinger, please.

NARA Description

On March 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:36 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-046 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-46

Date: March 4, 1973
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Time: 11:36 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on March 4, 1973

  • 037-043 10:01 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:01 am.
  • 037-044 10:03 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 11:22 am.
  • 037-045 11:22 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 11:22 am to 11:35 am.
  • 037-047 11:36 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:42 am.
  • 037-048 11:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:42 am to 11:44 am.
  • 037-049 11:50 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:50 am to 11:59 am.
  • 244-001 1:00 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 11:59 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-046, March 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-046 (accessed October 12, 2026).