Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-098
Nixon phone call with Woods on Presidential gifts and Raymond Bell
Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 5:08 PM–5:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and personal secretary Rose Mary Woods discuss the success of the President’s recent church service and the large crowd in attendance. They deliberate on appropriate presidential gifts to present to Dr. Raymond Bell in recognition of his contributions. The conversation concludes with a decision to send Dr. Bell and his wife a selection of items, including cufflinks, a tie pin, a compact, and a decorative Lucite object.
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NARA Description
On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-098 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-98
Date: September 12, 1971
Time: 5:08 pm - 5:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 278-29]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Church service
-Crowd
-Dr. Raymond Bell's attendance
-Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Mrs. Bell
-Compact
-Drinking glasses
-Lucite object
-Other gifts
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 43s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
**********************************************************************Also recorded on September 12, 1971
- 008-095 4:58 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:58 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 278-028 4:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:58 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 008-096 5:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm.
- 008-097 5:02 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm.
- 278-029 5:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 008-099 5:14 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:14 pm.
- 008-100 5:15 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:15 pm to 5:31 pm.
- 278-030 5:15 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-098, September 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-098 (accessed September 18, 2026).