Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-072
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger
Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 4:45 PM–4:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
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On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-072 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-072
Date: March 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 426-7]
Call to Henry A. KissingerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on March 29, 1973
- 426-005 4:20 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:45 pm.
- 426-006 4:45 PM · 9 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 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm.
- 044-073 4:53 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:53 pm.
- 044-074 4:53 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:11 pm.
- 426-007 4:53 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:53 pm.
- 426-008 4:55 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:55 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 426-009 5:10 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm.
- 044-075 5:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:13 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-072, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195681). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-072 (accessed November 15, 2026).