Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-003

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 2:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-003 on Tape 6 (tape position 00:00:57–00:01:04)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:48 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-003 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a connection to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief call served exclusively as a procedural request to facilitate communication with his staff. No further substantive discussion or policy decisions were recorded during this exchange.

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Miss Woods, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 6-3

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: 2:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 259-5]

     Call to Rose Mary Woods
  • 259-001 1:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 006-002 2:47 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 259-004 2:47 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 259-005 2:48 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:48 pm.
  • 006-004 2:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 259-006 2:49 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 006-005 2:50 PM · 54 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 259-007 2:53 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 4:01 pm.

Conversation 006-003, June 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).