Nixon White House TapesTape 330 › Conversation 330-029

Nixon & Kissinger on Foreign policy coordination and Administrative management

Monday, April 10, 1972 · 3:06 PM–3:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation330-029 onTape 330 (tape position 03:13:20–03:13:36)StartMonday, April 10, 1972 at 3:06 PMEndMonday, April 10, 1972 at 3:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 330-029 ↗

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate administrative scheduling and address high-level policy priorities. The brief discussion served to synchronize the President's calendar with Kissinger's ongoing foreign affairs initiatives. No specific policy breakthroughs were recorded during this abbreviated session.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 03:13:20 into the tape and ends around 03:13:36.

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On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 330-29

Date: April 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [Henry A. Kissinger?].

       Meeting with the President
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  • 022-098 1:59 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 022-099 2:59 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 330-027 2:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 022-100 3:05 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
  • 330-028 3:05 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
  • 330-030 3:06 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 330-031 3:10 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 705-015 4:00 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:41 pm.

Conversation 330-029, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-029 (accessed September 18, 2026).