Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-008
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Monday, June 11, 1973 · 2:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for a subsequent discussion between the two men regarding national security affairs or ongoing foreign policy developments. No further substance is provided in the recording, marking the connection as a routine logistical exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-8
Date: June 11, 1973
Time: 2:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 444-6]
Request for telephone call
-Henry A. KissingerAlso recorded on June 11, 1973
- 040-009 2:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 2:55 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 444-006 2:55 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:55 pm.
- 444-007 2:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:55 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 040-010 2:56 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 040-011 2:56 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 444-008 2:56 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 444-009 2:56 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 040-012 3:00 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-008, June 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-008 (accessed October 23, 2026).