Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 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
AI Summary
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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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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 [See Conversation No. 258-28] ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 5m 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***********************************************************************
Also 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.
- 005-102 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.
Cite this conversation
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).