Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-065

Nixon phone call with Woods on J. Sargent Reynolds and Funeral protocols

Monday, June 14, 1971 · 4:33 PM–4:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation005-065 on Tape 5 (tape position 02:06:10–02:07:35)StartMonday, June 14, 1971 at 4:33 PMEndMonday, June 14, 1971 at 4:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-065 ↗

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President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discussed administrative scheduling matters and a gesture of condolence. They agreed that the White House should send flowers for the funeral of Lieutenant Governor J. Sargent Reynolds, a Democrat, to maintain positive political optics. Additionally, Nixon coordinated his upcoming schedule, including a meeting with union officials and a subsequent 6:00 p.m. appointment with Kenneth Rush.

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Hello.
Hello.
Rose?
Yes, sir.
Any development situation over there?
No, I haven't heard any more yet.
I have a good reason for calling, and then I'll say that I just heard you had to stay.
Fine.
Well, I'm going into the railroad meeting, union meeting, so I'll be back, and I'll call you in about 45 minutes.
All right, and then one thing I wanted to ask you, you know, because that Lieutenant Governor Reynolds was... Yeah.
I really think maybe we should send flowers for that, don't you?
He's only 34.
He's a Democrat, of course.
Well, I know he's a Democrat.
But it's perfectly all right.
He's that very wealthy Reynolds family.
But it's perfectly all right.
Sure, it should be.
Something should be said.
And Hope put out a beautiful statement on him.
I just thought maybe flowers pay off in the long run.
Of course.
That sounds political.
We should always should.
Always should.
Yeah.
And fine.
Yeah, okay.
Okay.
Okay.
And just call and then let me know.
Well, if she sounds like you ought to be there, do you want me to let you know?
Well, I'll talk to you.
Oh, not that I ought to be.
I'm not going over because, you know, I can't.
I am now.
I am tied up now.
And I got Russian at 6 o'clock.
Yes, I saw that.

NARA Description

On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 4:33 pm to 4:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-065 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-65

Date: June 14, 1971
Time: 4:33 pm - 4:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     President's schedule
          -Railroad-Union meeting

     Flowers for funeral of Lt. Governor J. Sargent Reynolds
                -Linwood Holton

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     President's schedule
          -Meeting with [David] Kenneth Rush

Also recorded on June 14, 1971

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  • 519-013 4:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and James D. Hodgson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 4:34 pm.
  • 005-066 4:34 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 6:46 pm.
  • 519-016 4:34 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 6:46 pm.
  • 519-014 5:30 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Leslie C. Arends, Gerald R. Ford, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:30 pm to 6:10 pm.
  • 519-015 6:10 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, [David] Kenneth Rush, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:10 pm to 6:45 pm.

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Conversation 005-065, 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/005-065 (accessed October 23, 2026).