Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-094
Nixon phone call with Woods on Luis Aparicio and Baseball
Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 2:52 PM–2:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
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.
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NARA 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. MooreTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 9, 1971
- 004-092 1:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 255-037 2:53 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 2:55 pm.
- 255-038 2:53 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 4:35 pm.
- 004-095 2:55 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 004-096 3:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm.
- 004-097 3:13 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:13 pm to 3:14 pm.
- 004-098 3:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:04 pm.
- 004-099 4:04 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:17 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 004-094, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188855). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-094 (accessed November 11, 2026).