Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-075

Nixon phone call with Woods on Presidential administration

Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 6:50 PM–6:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation004-075 on Tape 4 (tape position 03:07:49–03:13:47)StartTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 6:50 PMEndTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 6:56 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-075 ↗

President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to address administrative or personal matters. Because the majority of the audio segment is subject to a withdrawal for personal privacy under the deed of gift, the substantive details of their discussion remain restricted. No specific policy actions or historical developments were recorded in the available portion of the transcript.

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On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-075 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 4-75

Date: June 8, 1971
Time: 6:50 pm - 6:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/25/2022.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[004-075-w001]
[Duration: 5m 53s]

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  • 004-077 6:56 PM · 17 sec — Ray M. Hare and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:56 pm on June 8, 1971 and 8:24 am on June 9, 1971.
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Conversation 004-075, June 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-075 (accessed October 12, 2026).