Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-116

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, September 13, 1971 · 7:47 PM–7:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-116 on Tape 8 (tape position 05:28:45–05:28:51)StartMonday, September 13, 1971 at 7:47 PMEndMonday, September 13, 1971 at 7:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-116 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call. The sole purpose of this brief communication was to request that the operator connect him with his longtime personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. No other policy matters or substantive political topics were discussed during this exchange.

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Thanks, words please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-116 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-116

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on September 13, 1971

  • 008-115 7:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:43 pm to 7:47 pm.
  • 276-013 7:43 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:43 pm to 7:47 pm.
  • 008-117 7:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm.
  • 276-014 7:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm.
  • 008-118 7:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:54 pm.
  • 008-119 7:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 276-015 7:55 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 276-016 7:58 PM · 7 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 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-116, September 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-116 (accessed September 23, 2026).