Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-005
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Friday, September 24, 1971 · 7:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to reach his staff member. No policy matters or significant executive decisions were discussed during this short communication.
- Rose Mary Woods
- Presidential communication
- White House operations
- Staff administration
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NARA Description
On September 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-5
Date: September 24, 1971
Time: 7:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on September 24, 1971
- 010-002 1:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 1:11 pm to 1:13 pm.
- 010-003 1:13 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 010-004 1:52 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:52 pm to 2:02 pm.
- 010-006 7:12 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:12 pm and 7:15 pm.
- 010-007 7:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:12 pm and 7:15 pm.
- 010-008 7:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:12 pm and 7:15 pm.
- 010-009 7:15 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 7:15 pm to 7:24 pm.
- 010-010 7:24 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:24 pm and 7:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-005, September 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-005 (accessed October 2, 2026).