Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-013

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 10:16 PM–10:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-013 on Tape 4 (tape position 00:56:55–00:56:59)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 10:16 PMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 10:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This administrative exchange facilitates direct communication with a key staff member during late-night hours. No further policy or substantive matters are discussed during the brief interaction.

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Woods, please.

NARA Description

On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:16 pm to 10:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-13

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: 10:16 pm - 10:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request that Rose Mary Woods be called

Also recorded on June 2, 1971

  • 004-011 10:09 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:09 pm to 10:10 pm.
  • 004-012 10:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:10 pm to 10:16 pm.
  • 004-014 10:17 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:17 pm to 10:20 pm.
  • 004-015 10:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm.
  • 004-016 10:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm.
  • 004-017 10:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 10:23 pm to 10:29 pm.
  • 004-018 10:30 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 10:30 pm to 10:34 pm.
  • 004-019 10:34 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 10:34 pm on June 1, 1971 and 2:47 pm on June 3, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-013, June 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-013 (accessed October 10, 2026).