Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-102
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 8:25 PM–8:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief administrative interaction reflects the President's standard procedure for managing his internal communications. The call concludes upon the operator's confirmation to place the connection.
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-102 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-102
Date: June 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:25 pm and 8:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on June 17, 1971
- 258-019 8:07 PM · 24 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
- 258-020 8:07 PM · 11 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 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm.
- 005-101 8:22 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:22 pm to 8:25 pm.
- 258-026 8:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:22 pm to 8:25 pm.
- 005-103 8:31 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:31 pm to 8:36 pm.
- 258-028 8:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:31 pm to 8:36 pm.
- 005-104 8:36 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 8:55 pm.
- 258-029 8:36 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 8:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-102, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-102 (accessed October 12, 2026).