Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-020

Nixon phone call with Woods on personal correspondence and White House staff

Saturday, June 12, 1971 · 11:17 AM–11:19 AM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation005-020 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:26:51–00:27:50)StartSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 11:17 AMEndSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 11:19 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary Rose Mary Woods held a brief telephone conversation to exchange pleasantries. The discussion consisted primarily of social discourse and personal logistics. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:17 am to 11:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-20

Date: June 12, 1971
Time: 11:17 am - 11:19 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 518-5]

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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 58s ]

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Also recorded on June 12, 1971

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.
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.
518-008 11:50 AM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Tricia Nixon Cox, Rex W. Scouten, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 1:41 pm.
005-021 12:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-020, 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/005-020 (accessed October 17, 2026).