Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-019

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Saturday, June 12, 1971 · 10:16 AM–11:17 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-019 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:26:45–00:26:51)StartSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 10:16 AMEndSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 11:17 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief administrative interaction served to initiate a call for private or professional assistance. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-19

Date: June 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:16 am and 11:17 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 518-4]

     Call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on June 12, 1971

  • 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.
  • 518-005 11:17 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:17 am to 11:19 am.
  • 518-006 11:19 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:50 am.
  • 518-007 11:50 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-019, 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/005-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).