Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-054

Nixon phone call with Woods on Guest arrivals and Sequoia trip

Monday, June 7, 1971 · 2:40 PM–2:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation004-054 on Tape 4 (tape position 02:29:57–02:33:01)StartMonday, June 7, 1971 at 2:40 PMEndMonday, June 7, 1971 at 2:43 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-054 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188775 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon called Rose Mary Woods to clarify his schedule for the upcoming week, specifically regarding evening events and the arrival of guests. They confirmed his photo session and dinner at the F Street Club for that evening, and then reviewed the planned activities for visiting family and friends, including a Sequoia trip, a dinner for Paul Keyes, and various receptions and luncheons leading up to a wedding. The conversation confirmed that the President's immediate family would have a quiet dinner at the White House the following evening.

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NARA Description

On June 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:40 pm to 2:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-054 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-54

Date: June 7, 1971
Time: 2:40 pm - 2:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 255-13]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/13/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
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[Duration: 3m 4s]

      President's schedule
             -Evening of June 7, 1971
                     -White House library photo session
                     -Dinner at F Street Club
                             -Arrival time of other crowds
                             -Weather
                             -Garden
                             -Routine of First Family
             -Sequoia trip
             -Potential activities for wedding guests June 9-13, 1971
                     -June 9 and 10, 1971 activities
                             -June 10, 1971 party
                     -June 11 and 12, 1971 activities
                             -June 11, 1971
                                      -Sequoia
                     -June 10, 1971 event
                             -Dinner for Paul W. Keyes
                                      -Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House
                                      -Apartment of Nancy Lammerding
                     -June 11, 1971

                             -Luncheon
                                    -Provided by Edward R.F. Cox's godparents
                                    -Sulgrave Club
                             -Tour of State Department
                                    -Diplomatic reception room
                             -Sequoia
                     -June 12 and 13, 1971
                             -Presence of Helene (Colesie) Drown
                             -Reception
                                    -Limited to Nixon family members
                     -June 11, 1971
              -President’s upcoming conversation with Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon

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OperatorMiss Woods.
WoodsYes, Mr. President.
NixonRose, in connection with tonight, you don't happen to know,
WoodsYes, sir.
Nixondo you have anything at all on the schedule, or does Helen?
WoodsTonight? No, sir, I haven't got anything. I don't know whether—
NixonWhere is Helen? Is she around?
WoodsUh, I don't know. Let me check. I didn't get this morning's schedule, wait a minute.
NixonYeah. What I was thinking of—
WoodsWait, wait, here it is.
NixonIs wait, take our, take our folks down and take a picture in the library tonight.
WoodsYeah.
NixonUh, and then have dinner at the F Street Club.
WoodsTonight at six o'clock,
NixonYeah.
WoodsLibrary photograph,
NixonYeah.
Woodsand eight o'clock dinner at the F Street Club.
NixonFine, yeah. Now, when do the other folks come in? They don't come in till
WoodsWell—
Nixonlater in the week, do they? Some come in Wednesday and Thursday and Friday?
WoodsWell, the other—
NixonHelene and Jack come Thursday, don't they?
WoodsI have a list here of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
NixonYeah.
Woodsand uh they have suggested,
NixonYeah.
Woodsthat, wait a minute, the people that will be in Wednesday, only about fifteen will be in Wednesday.
NixonYeah.
WoodsAnd they suggest that you take them out on the Sequoia if the weather is good, or have dinner at the White House if it's bad.
NixonWell, we can't do, I've got to take Bob Hope out on Wednesday,
WoodsAll right.
NixonBob Hope and some others on the Sequoia Wednesday. So, we'll do—
WoodsWait a minute, Wednesday is Wednesday night?
NixonYeah, that's right. Hope and who else is there?
WoodsWait a minute,
NixonBebe is coming up then.
WoodsWait, uh Bob Hope isn't till Thursday night,
NixonOh, is he?
Woodsis he? No, he's, you got, and you have, Mrs. Nixon has the garden
NixonParty Thursday.
WoodsNo, she has Mrs. Hope and Mrs. Sterling and thirty-six people for lunch.
NixonRight.
WoodsAnd then the reception for six hundred in the garden Thursday, from four to six.
NixonRight. Bob Hope isn't coming Thursday night, then?
WoodsWell, let's see. Thursday night, it says, "The President, Mrs. Nixon, Tricia, Ed, Julie, and David
NixonYeah.
Woodshave dinner on the Sequoia at 7:30."
NixonThursday night, well that's, oh I see, maybe that's it. Well that would be just family.
WoodsThat's only, that's just the immediate family.
NixonJust the family.
WoodsYeah.
NixonWhat about, wait a minute, the Keyes, when is the dinner that we have the other folks for, for Paul Keyes?
WoodsWait, and Thursday night the, wait, Thursday night the house guests
NixonYeah.
Woodshave dinner at the Tayloe House, which is fifty people, and that's Paul Keyes and those people.
NixonOh, they do?
WoodsYeah.
NixonI see, yeah.
WoodsAnd and then they're invited to Nancy Lammerding's for a nightcap.
Nixon[laughs] All right.
WoodsThen on Friday, the godparents have lunch for thirty
NixonYeah.
Woodsat the Sulgrave Club. That's, I don't know who they are.
NixonYeah, Ed's.
WoodsAnd then the guests that aren't at the lunch are invited to a tour of the State Department diplomatic reception rooms.
NixonGood.
WoodsAnd then from three to five, some guests go on the Sequoia,
NixonGood.
Woodsfor thirty people, with Bebe as the host.
NixonThat's good.
WoodsAnd then Friday night is the rehearsal dinner at the F Street Club, which is forty people.
NixonRight, fine.
WoodsAnd and then the non-rehearsal people, dinner on the Sequoia, sixty people.
NixonRight, good.
WoodsAnd then on Saturday is the wedding.
NixonRight.
WoodsAnd on Sunday, Helene Drown is having eighty people at the F Street Club.
NixonGreat, well that takes care of everything then. Okay, that's fine.
WoodsDo you have, are you, what about tomorrow night, Mr. President?
NixonTomorrow night? I don't know, whatever you got there, what is it?
WoodsWell, tomorrow night it says, "The President, Mrs. Nixon, Tricia, and Julie, quiet dinner at the White House."
NixonFine, we need that.
WoodsYeah.
NixonOkay, thank you.
WoodsYes, sir.

Also recorded on June 7, 1971

  • 004-055 2:40 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:43 pm.
  • 255-013 2:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 2:43 pm.
  • 255-014 2:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 004-056 2:46 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 2:46 pm to 2:47 pm.
  • 255-015 2:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:46 pm to 2:47 pm.
  • 004-057 2:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:49 pm.
  • 255-016 2:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:49 pm.
  • 004-058 2:49 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.

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Conversation 004-054, June 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188775). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-054 (accessed October 31, 2026).