Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-026

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 6:15 PM–7:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-026 on Tape 43StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 6:15 PMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 7:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish a line of communication with Kissinger. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this exchange.

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Dr. Kissinger, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 7:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-26

Date: February 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:15 pm and 7:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on February 5, 1973

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  • 408-007 4:10 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:46 pm.
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  • 849-001 4:52 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 6:09 pm.
  • 849-002 6:09 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:15 pm.
  • 849-003 6:09 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:15 pm.
  • 849-004 6:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:15 pm to 6:24 pm.
  • 849-005 6:24 PM · 3 min — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-026, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-026 (accessed October 1, 2026).