Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 566 › Conversation 566-009
Nixon & Woods on Presidential travel and Speechwriting
Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 2:23 PM–2:25 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his secretary, Rose Mary Woods, briefly discussed Woods's upcoming travel to California and the finalization of a forthcoming speech. Nixon confirmed that a courier would handle transporting the speech draft, which was being worked on by Ray Price and William Safire. He intended to review the draft that evening and a final version on Thursday, potentially making further edits in California.
- Rose Mary Woods
- Presidential travel
- Speechwriting
- Ray Price
- William Safire
- Draft review
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Position in tape: 02:31:03 – 02:32:24
part B, 27:43
NARA Description
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 566-9
Date: August 17, 1971
Time: 2:23 pm - 2:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Woods's schedule
President's forthcoming speech
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-William L. Safire
Woods left at 2:25 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on August 17, 1971
- 566-008 2:12 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 008-025 2:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 566-010 2:25 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 008-120 2:28 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 566-011 2:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 566-012 2:42 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 566-013 2:45 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:55 pm.
- 566-014 2:55 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:55 pm to 3:23 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 566-009, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/566-009 (accessed November 4, 2026).