Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-052

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Wednesday, March 28, 1973 · 1:50 PM–3:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-052 on Tape 44StartWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 1:50 PMEndWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 3:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-052 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical step to initiate communication between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this specific segment of the recording.

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Please.
Dr. Kissinger, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 3:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-052 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-052

Date: March 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 3:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Call to Henry A. Kissinger

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  • 425-013 1:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:49 pm to 1:50 pm.
  • 425-014 1:50 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 425-015 1:50 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:52 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-052, March 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-052 (accessed October 1, 2026).