Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-099

Nixon phone call with Woods on Speechwriting

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 5:24 PM–5:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation006-099 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:02:41–02:03:11)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:24 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-099 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189089 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to duplicate a rough draft of upcoming remarks intended for the following evening. He directed Woods to incorporate a specific anecdote about John Brown—previously used in a speech to the J.C.'s—to serve as the speech's conclusion. Once processed, the draft was to be forwarded to John K. Andrews, Jr. for further development.

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NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-099 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-99

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: 5:24 pm - 5:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 260-15]

     Duplication of draft of Presidential speech, July 3
          -John K. Andrews, Jr.
          -John R. Brown III
          -Manolo Sanchez

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Rose.
Yes, sir.
I'm sending you over a very rough draft of some remarks for tomorrow night.
I'd like you to run it off, and then I'm going to get it over to Andrews and have him start working on it.
And you recall the speech I made at the J.C.'s when I finished with the anecdote about John Brown?
Yes.
Yeah.
If you would pick up that anecdote and just put it on at the end.
All right.
And that'll be the ending of the speech.
Fair enough?
Sure.
Okay, it's just one take.
Manola, bring it right over.
All right, fine.

Also recorded on July 2, 1971

  • 260-015 5:24 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 006-100 5:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:25 pm.
  • 260-016 5:25 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:25 pm.
  • 260-017 5:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:25 pm.
  • 006-101 5:26 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 260-018 5:26 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 006-102 5:33 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm.
  • 260-020 5:33 PM · 19 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 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-099, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189089). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-099 (accessed November 2, 2026).