Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-017
Nixon phone call with Woods on Personal communication and Presidential privacy
Friday, June 11, 1971 · 11:24 PM–11:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, engaged in a brief late-night telephone call. The conversation consisted entirely of segments categorized as personal and returnable, resulting in no official policy discussions or administrative actions being recorded. Consequently, the substance of this interaction remains restricted due to its private nature.
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NARA Description
On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:24 pm to 11:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-17
Date: June 11, 1971
Time: 11:24 pm - 11:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
White House operator
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 24s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
**********************************************************************Also recorded on June 12, 1971
- 005-016 10:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 pm and 11:24 pm.
- 005-018 11:27 PM · 4 min — Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:27 pm on June 11, 1971 and 10:16 am on June 12, 1971.
- 005-019 10:16 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:17 am.
- 518-004 10:16 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:17 am.
- 518-001 10:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:20 am to 10:23 am.
- 518-002 10:23 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 10:25 am.
- 518-003 10:32 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:32 am to 11:11 am.
- 005-020 11:17 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:17 am to 11:19 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-017, June 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-017 (accessed October 12, 2026).