Nixon White House TapesTape 5 › Conversation 005-103

Nixon phone call with Woods on Personal Correspondence

Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 8:31 PM–8:36 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryConversation005-103 onTape 5 (tape position 03:04:07–03:09:12)StartWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 8:31 PMEndWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 8:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-103 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon spoke with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, during a brief evening telephone call. The conversation consisted entirely of material classified as personal and returnable, resulting in the full withdrawal of the recording from the public archive. No official business or substantive policy decisions were documented in the transcript.

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On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:31 pm to 8:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-103 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 5-103

Date: June 16, 1971
Time: 8:31 pm - 8:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 258-28]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 5m 5s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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  • 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.
  • 005-102 8:25 PM · 11 sec — 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.
  • 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.

Conversation 005-103, 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/005-103 (accessed September 18, 2026).