Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-037

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Friday, June 22, 1973 · 12:30 PM–12:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-037 on Tape 41StartFriday, June 22, 1973 at 12:30 PMEndFriday, June 22, 1973 at 12:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-037 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to request an immediate meeting with Henry Kissinger. The President directs the operator to have Kissinger brought directly to the Oval Office. No other topics are addressed during this brief logistical exchange.

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Have Dr. Kitchener step in the Oval Office, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-37

Date: June 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for meeting
          -Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on June 22, 1973

127-003 12:29 PM · 43 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-004 12:29 PM · 7 min — Unknown person(s) [likely cleaning crew] met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-005 12:29 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-007 12:29 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-008 12:29 PM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-009 12:29 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-010 12:29 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-011 12:29 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-037, June 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-037 (accessed October 10, 2026).