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Conversation 004-094

TapeTape 4StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 2:52 PMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 2:55 PMTape start time03:22:20Tape end time03:23:38ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryRecording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to confirm the status of correspondence sent to baseball player Luis Aparicio regarding his hitting streak. The two also discussed a personal letter and poem the President wrote to a young girl early that morning. Nixon instructed Woods to share the girl's correspondence with Richard A. Moore, emphasizing that it should be handled discreetly rather than publicized.

CorrespondenceLuis AparicioBaseballRichard A. MoorePersonal Communications
AudioNARA Description

On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-094 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 4-94

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 2:53 pm - 2:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 255-37]

     President's letter to Luis Aparicio
           -Problems with hitting

     President's letter to little girl
           -Time of preparation
           -Richard A. Moore
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Hello?
I have Ms. Woods now, Mr. President.
There you are.
Thank you.
Hello?
Uh, Rose?
Yes?
I was wondering the other day, did you get that letter off the baseball player okay?
Louie Aparicio was the name.
Oh, yes.
Oh, yes.
Somebody remembered his name.
Louie Aparicio was the one.
Aparicio.
The one who had not, is that the one who had not had a hit?
44.
44 hits.
Yeah, 44 times.
Yeah, and then he got a hit, you know.
So we changed it just a little bit.
Well, did he get one before the letter got off?
He got one the day you wrote your letter.
Oh, I see.
And so it was just changed slightly to...
I'll send you a copy if you'd like to see it.
Oh, no, no, no.
I just...
It was good, saying, you know... Yeah, fine.
I remember seeing it coming back in here.
Good, good, good.
You might make a note.
The letter to the little girl I wrote at 6.30 this morning.
Okay.
You might just put that in your file.
And you might...
show the incoming letter and that to dick moore i don't want him to publicize it because but she might see and he will know how to all right how to handle it so that he knows okay sure fine because the poem is so good it really is beautiful okay all right
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