{"conversationCode":"006-125","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":125,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-125","startDateTime":"1971-07-03T19:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-03T19:59:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jul-1971","startTime":"3:57 PM","endDate":"3-Jul-1971","endTime":"3:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:57 pm to 3:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-125 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 6-125\n\nDate: July 3, 1971\nTime: 3:57 pm - 3:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n     Telegram to William R. Hearst\n          -Content of column on national security","filename":["006-125.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:30:29","tapeEnd":"02:31:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"006-124","nextCode":"006-126","transcript":[{"start":1.16,"end":1.96,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.08,"end":2.52,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.86,"end":3.29,"text":"Hi, Rose."},{"start":3.37,"end":3.71,"text":"Hi."},{"start":3.73,"end":23.49,"text":"I wondered if you would call a wire in to Bill Hurst and just say your column, your column, your Sunday column is"},{"start":35.44,"end":65.14,"text":"is in the great tradition of the hearse papers of always putting the national security above any other considerations just sign it richard nixon okay all right and if well we can send a mail to graham anyway i don't know if that strikes over"},{"start":65.32,"end":65.96,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":66.16,"end":67.65,"text":"Well, they can just call it in."},{"start":68.66,"end":70.81,"text":"It's one that can be called to, if necessary."},{"start":71.53,"end":71.63,"text":"Okay."},{"start":72.51,"end":72.61,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to transmit a telegram to publisher William Randolph Hearst regarding his upcoming Sunday column. Nixon requested that the message commend Hearst for maintaining the tradition of prioritizing national security in his editorial content. Woods was directed to have the message phoned in or sent by mail to ensure the sentiment was conveyed promptly.","topics":["William Randolph Hearst","National security","Media relations","Telegram","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:17:01.772Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-randolph-hearst","national-security","media-relations","telegram","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":74,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-125.mp3","bytes":1787711,"durationSec":74.39,"bitrate":192260,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-125.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-125","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}