Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 276 › Conversation 276-014

Nixon & Woods on Staff Relations and Public Reception

Monday, September 13, 1971 · 7:51 PM–7:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation276-014 on Tape 276 (tape position 02:06:11–02:08:15)StartMonday, September 13, 1971 at 7:51 PMEndMonday, September 13, 1971 at 7:54 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 276-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, engaged in a brief, informal check-in regarding the President's daily wellbeing and administrative matters. The discussion touched upon general staff communications and the reception of recent public appearances, characterized by a supportive and collegial tone. No substantive policy decisions were reached, as the brief exchange primarily functioned to maintain personal rapport between the President and his long-time aide.

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Hello?
Well, how are you feeling today?
Good.
Every day.
Yeah.
I know.
Right, right.
Well, as a matter of fact, uh, uh, I had a tremendous number of calls from EZF, and, yeah, everything was good.
We had about 12 million audiences, good reviews, and time.
But I'd like to give you this to know that
I'm telling you today, Elaine's brother, the actor who talked to her, Elaine, said, I don't know what she said, whatever it was they were talking about, the lighthouse that cut her and Jack out on the proper path to Mars, that didn't pull her back.
I don't think of that as doing that, Rose, at this time.
And she's, uh, my day, she's been waiting for her time to come.
She knows she's coming now, but she doesn't have time anymore.
Well, nothing new discovered here, just about the same.
That's all right.
I'm sorry.
It will help.
There are great people.
Just stay right there.
We'll get out and we'll be back.
Okay, bye, bye, bye.

NARA Description

On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 276-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 276-14

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: 7:51 pm - 7:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/04/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[276-014-w001]
[Duration: 15s]

[See Conversation No. 008-117-w001]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/04/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[276-014-w002]
[Duration: 49s]
[See Conversation No. 008-117-w002]

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                                                    Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/04/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[276-014-w003]
[Duration: 27s]

[See Conversation No. 008-117-w002]

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     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming press conference
                -Timing

Also recorded on September 13, 1971

  • 008-115 7:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:43 pm to 7:47 pm.
  • 008-116 7:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:51 pm.
  • 008-117 7:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm.
  • 008-118 7:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:54 pm.
  • 008-119 7:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 276-015 7:55 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 276-016 7:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 276-014, September 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/276-014 (accessed September 21, 2026).