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Nixon & Kissinger on Communication security and Procedural logistics

Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 10:43 AM–10:44 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation424-025 on Tape 424StartThursday, March 29, 1973 at 10:43 AMEndThursday, March 29, 1973 at 10:44 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 424-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met briefly to address operational concerns regarding the effectiveness of their ongoing communication channels. The participants briefly acknowledged technical or procedural difficulties with their current discussion methods. The meeting concluded with an agreement to shift or consolidate their exchange to more secure or functional arrangements.

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Oh, everybody's talking.
Yeah.
That little other talk doesn't work like that.
No, no.
All right, fine.
I'll just take that.

NARA Description

On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:43 am to 10:44 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 424-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 424-25
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 424-32 (cont’d)

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: 10:43 am - 10:44 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 44-67]

Also recorded on March 29, 1973

  • 044-065 9:06 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:06 am and 9:08 am.
  • 424-017 9:06 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:06 am.
  • 424-018 9:08 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:20 am.
  • 424-019 9:20 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:33 am.
  • 044-066 9:55 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:43 am.
  • 044-067 10:43 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:43 am and 10:44 am.
  • 424-026 10:50 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:50 am.
  • 424-027 11:20 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:20 am to 11:21 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 424-025, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/424-025 (accessed October 1, 2026).