Conversation 006-099

TapeTape 6StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:24 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 5:25 PMTape start time02:02:41Tape end time02:03:11ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryRecording deviceWhite House Telephone

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.

SpeechwritingRose Mary WoodsPresidential communicationsAdministrative tasks

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.

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.