Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-038
Nixon phone call with Woods on 1972 election and Election returns
Tuesday, November 7, 1972 · 7:40 PM–7:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 54 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary Rose Mary Woods briefly discussed the initial positive outlook of the 1972 presidential election returns on the evening of Election Day. Despite the President's cautious stance as he awaited further results later that night, Woods expressed strong optimism regarding the early favorable projections. Their exchange highlights the expectant atmosphere at the White House as the landslide victory began to take shape.
- 1972 election
- Election returns
- Rose Mary Woods
- Richard Nixon
- White House atmosphere
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NARA Description
On November 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:40 pm to 7:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 33-38
Date: November 7, 1972
Time: 7:40 pm - 7:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/09/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[033-038-w001]
[Duration: 54s]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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1972 elections
-Returns
-Outlook
-The President
-WoodsAlso recorded on November 8, 1972
- 033-037 7:36 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:36 pm to 7:37 pm.
- 033-039 7:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:50 pm.
- 033-040 7:41 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:50 pm.
- 033-041 7:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. Allen talked on the telephone from 7:50 pm to 7:52 pm.
- 033-042 7:54 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 7:54 pm to 7:57 pm.
- 033-043 7:57 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:57 pm and 8:01 pm.
- 033-044 8:01 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:01 pm to 8:02 pm.
- 033-045 8:04 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:04 pm and 8:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 033-038, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-038 (accessed September 29, 2026).