Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-063
Nixon phone call with Woods on Sequoia and Melvin R. Laird
Monday, June 14, 1971 · 2:41 PM–2:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 57 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate his upcoming schedule regarding the presidential yacht Sequoia and a meeting with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and various members of Congress. The brief discussion served to finalize logistical arrangements and ensure the President’s agenda remained aligned with his legislative priorities. No further substantive policy shifts were noted during this brief administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:41 pm to 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-063 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-63
Date: June 14, 1971
Time: 2:41 pm - 2:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 258-5]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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President’s schedule
-Sequoia
-Melvin R. Laird and Congressmen
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
**********************************************************************Also recorded on June 14, 1971
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- 258-003 1:45 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:41 pm.
- 258-005 2:41 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:41 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 005-064 2:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 4:33 pm.
- 258-006 2:45 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:58 pm.
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- 519-012 3:29 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:29 pm and 4:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-063, 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/005-063 (accessed October 12, 2026).