Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 811 › Conversation 811-002
Kissinger on Oval Office and Presidential access
Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 3:04 PM–3:08 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec
AI Summary
Henry A. Kissinger met briefly with an unidentified woman in the Oval Office to coordinate his upcoming schedule. The conversation focused on facilitating a private meeting between Kissinger and President Nixon. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief administrative encounter.
- Henry Kissinger
- Oval Office
- Scheduling
- Presidential access
- Administrative coordination
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 811-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 811-2
Date: November 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:04 pm and 3:08 pm
Location: Oval Office
Henry A. Kissinger met with an unknown woman.
Kissinger’s schedule
Meeting with the President
The unknown woman left.Also recorded on November 1, 1972
- 391-005 2:10 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 391-006 2:57 PM · 12 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 2:57 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 391-007 2:57 PM · 2 min — 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 2:57 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 811-001 3:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:04 pm.
- 811-003 3:04 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, John Cardinal Krol, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and James McGettigan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 4:07 pm.
- 811-004 4:07 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 391-008 4:12 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:23 pm.
- 032-121 4:23 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 811-002, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/811-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).