Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-004

Nixon phone call with Woods on Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 2:49 PM–2:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation006-004 on Tape 6 (tape position 00:01:04–00:01:20)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:49 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the potential gesture of sending flowers to Harry and Bess Truman in honor of their 52nd wedding anniversary. Nixon explicitly instructs Woods to forgo sending any floral arrangement. The brief interaction concludes with the President requesting that Woods meet him at the Old Executive Office Building.

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Hello.
Hello.
Could you drop over to the EOB, please?
Sure, and before I come, could I ask you one question?
It's the Truman's 52nd wedding anniversary.
Should we send him some flowers?
No.
Just don't bother.
No.
Okay, thanks.

NARA Description

On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-4

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: 2:49 pm - 2:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 259-6]

     Meeting in Old Executive Office Building
          -Harry S. and Bess Truman's 52nd wedding anniversary
          -Flowers

Also recorded on June 28, 1971

  • 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.
  • 006-003 2:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-004, 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/006-004 (accessed October 5, 2026).