Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-048

Nixon phone call with Woods on Acceptance speech and Foreign policy

Sunday, August 20, 1972 · 10:03 AM–10:04 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation140-048 on Tape 140StartSunday, August 20, 1972 at 10:03 AMEndSunday, August 20, 1972 at 10:04 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 140-048 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to request an additional copy of the foreign policy section prepared for his forthcoming acceptance speech. During the brief exchange, Woods confirmed the document contained 1,835 words. The interaction served to facilitate the President's final review and editing process for the address.

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Yeah.

Hello.

Send me an extra copy of the, one copy now, of the section on foreign policy that you just sent over this morning.

Okay, one more copy of that.

One more copy.

All right.

Yeah, fine, fine, okay.

And you know how many words there are?

There are 1835 words in that.

Okay.

NARA Description

On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:03 am to 10:04 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 140-48

Date: August 20, 1972
Time: 10:03 am - 10:04 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 206-7B]

     The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
          -Request for a copy of foreign policy section
               -Number of words

Also recorded on August 20, 1972

140-046 7:45 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:30 am.
206-003 7:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 8:00 am.
206-004 7:45 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 8:00 am.
140-047 9:30 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:00 am.
206-007 9:30 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Camp David operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:30 am to 11:20 am.
140-049 11:25 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:27 pm.
206-008 11:25 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:27 pm.
206-025 11:25 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 140-048, August 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-048 (accessed October 5, 2026).