Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-060

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, June 14, 1971 · 8:30 AM–12:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-060 on Tape 5 (tape position 01:58:09–01:58:16)StartMonday, June 14, 1971 at 8:30 AMEndMonday, June 14, 1971 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-060 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief communication served a purely administrative purpose to facilitate official correspondence or scheduling. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Please.
Miss Woods, please.
Thank you, sir.

On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-060 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 5-60

Date: June 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:30 am and 12:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Asked for Rose Mary Woods
  • 061-001 8:30 AM · 1 hr 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, State Department representatives, and other officials, including William P. Rogers, John N. Irwin, II, U. Alexis Johnson, Nathanial Samuels, William B. Macomber, Jr., Richard F. Pedersen, William I. Cargo, Marshall Green, Rodger P. Davies, Martin J. Hillebrand, Martin F. Herz, Charles A. Meyer, Harvey R. Wellman, Maurice J. Williams, David M. Ashbire, John N. Mitchell, Elliot R. Richardson, John B. Connally, Roger T. Kelley, Leonard Unger, Robert H. McBride, Arthur K. Watson, Kingdon Goud, Jr., William J. Handley, Ellsworth F. Bunker, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Donald H. Rumsfield, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., John E. ("Jack") Ingersoll, and Richard M. Helms, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 4:34 pm.
  • 519-001 8:49 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:49 am to 10:04 am.
  • 519-002 10:04 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:06 am.
  • 519-003 10:06 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:06 am to 10:07 am.
  • 061-002 11:54 AM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon and railway union leaders, including Frank T. Gladney, John J. McNamara, C. J. Coughlin, William W. Winpisinger, Charles J. Chamberlain, Anthony L. Krause, C. L. Dennis, J. R. Tipton, A. T. Otto, Jr., Charles R. Pfenning, J. W. O'Brien, Richard W. Smith, James E. Yost, Charles E. Goodlin, Harold C. Crotty, Charles Luna, John A. Volpe, Charles W. Colson, George T. Bell, Willie J. Usery, Jr., and James D. Hodgson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 519-004 11:56 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, Harry S. Dent, Peter M. Flanigan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:56 am to 12:17 pm.
  • 005-061 12:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 12:16 pm to 12:19 pm.
  • 005-062 12:16 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 2:41 pm.

Conversation 005-060, June 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-060 (accessed October 1, 2026).