Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-094
Nixon phone call with Woods on Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers
Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 5:10 PM–5:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 23 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to inquire about the availability of specific historical documents, specifically Whittaker Chambers’ book *Witness* and transcripts from the Alger Hiss hearings. The President sought to locate these items within the White House, prompting Woods to investigate their current whereabouts. The brief exchange concluded with uncertainty regarding whether the materials remained in her possession or had been moved elsewhere.
- Alger Hiss
- Whittaker Chambers
- Witness
- Historical research
- White House files
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-094 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-94
Date: June 16, 1971
Time: 5:10 pm - 5:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 523-5B]
Copy of book Witness
-Alger Hiss hearingsAlso recorded on June 16, 1971
- 523-002 2:58 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Swaran Singh, Lakshmi Kant Jha, Kenneth B. Keating, Joseph J. Sisco, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:58 pm to 3:41 pm.
- 523-003 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:43 pm.
- 523-004 3:41 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles Bluhdorn, John D. Ehrlichman, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 523-008 4:29 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:29 pm to 4:30 pm.
- 523-005 4:30 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John M. O'Neill, Melvin Stephens, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 523-006 5:16 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Lawrence M. Higby, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:05 pm.
- 523-007 6:05 PM · 2 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on June 16, 1971 and 7:55 am on June 17, 1971.
- 005-095 7:46 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-094, June 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-094 (accessed October 22, 2026).