Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-124

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Saturday, July 3, 1971 · 12:23 PM–3:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-124 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:30:22–02:30:29)StartSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 12:23 PMEndSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 3:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-124 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate internal communication between the President and his staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this short request.

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Please.
Could you ring Miss Woods, please?
Yes, sir.

On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 3:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-124 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 6-124

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:23 pm and 3:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Rose Mary Woods
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  • 536-013 10:01 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:01 am.
  • 536-014 10:01 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:01 am to 10:40 am.
  • 536-015 10:40 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:40 am.
  • 536-016 10:41 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Manolo Sanchez and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:41 am and 11:53 am.
  • 536-017 10:41 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:41 am and 11:53 am.
  • 536-018 11:54 AM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, John K. Andrews, Jr. and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:54 am to 1:12 pm.
  • 006-123 12:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:22 pm to 12:23 pm.

Conversation 006-124, July 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-124 (accessed October 23, 2026).