Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-082

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Sunday, September 19, 1971 · 6:40 PM–6:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-082 on Tape 9 (tape position 02:16:40–02:16:45)StartSunday, September 19, 1971 at 6:40 PMEndSunday, September 19, 1971 at 6:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-082 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189783 ↗

An 8-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On September 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 6:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-082 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-82

Date: September 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:40 pm and 6:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

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Try Miss Woods, please.

Also recorded on September 19, 1971

  • 009-083 6:54 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:54 pm to 6:56 pm.
  • 009-084 6:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 6:58 pm.
  • 009-085 6:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Brooke talked on the telephone from 6:58 pm to 7:00 pm.
  • 009-086 7:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William W. Keeler talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:07 pm.
  • 009-087 7:07 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 9:55 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-082, September 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189783). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-082 (accessed November 4, 2026).