Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-039
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 1:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief communication served as an administrative bridge to facilitate a subsequent conversation between the President and Woods. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-039
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 1:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 281-36]
Request for call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on October 21, 1971
- 281-035 1:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm.
- 281-036 1:55 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm.
- 281-037 1:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm.
- 012-040 1:57 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
- 012-041 1:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:53 pm.
- 281-038 1:58 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:58 pm to 2:25 pm.
- 281-039 2:25 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 281-040 2:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-039, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-039 (accessed October 2, 2026).