Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 421 › Conversation 421-011

Nixon & Woods on Alice Widener

Wednesday, March 21, 1973 · 3:49 PM–4:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation421-011 on Tape 421StartWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 3:49 PMEndWednesday, March 21, 1973 at 4:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 421-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, met to discuss administrative matters and correspondence, specifically referencing a letter from Alice Widener. The discussion centered on identifying and handling a specific photograph mentioned in Widener's communication, which appeared in the New York Daily News. Nixon directed Woods on how to process the item, concluding the brief exchange with instructions for its management.

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NARA Description

On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 421-11

Date: March 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

       Letter from Alice Widener [?]
             -Photograph
                   -New York Daily News

Transcript (AI-generated)

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I know it's the letter from Alice, the white man.
Remember her?
And she took some picture with some sort of, you know what it was she was referring to?
Fine.
But she said that she had had some picture.
Oh, well, there is that photo.
Okay.
Fine.
Fine.
Now I'm naming that.
I'll take it.
Fine.
Great.
Good.
Fine.
Yeah.
That's good.
Okay.

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  • 037-189 3:49 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:23 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 421-011, March 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-011 (accessed October 31, 2026).