Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-095
Nixon phone call with Woods on White House security
Wednesday, August 11, 1971 · 8:09 PM–8:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with his secretary, Rose Mary Woods, regarding an individual claiming to possess the President's personal notes. Nixon expressed relief after Woods confirmed the man—a government employee—had no such documentation and had fabricated his claims. The President subsequently detailed his meticulous security procedures for handling sensitive scheduling materials while traveling to prevent potential leaks or security breaches.
- White House security
- Presidential travel procedures
- Internal Revenue Service
- Arthur Godfrey
- Document security
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NARA Description
On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:09 pm to 8:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-095 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-95
Date: August 11, 1971
Time: 8:09 pm - 8:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
The President's notes
-Unknown man
-Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
-Arthur Godfrey
-Call to Woods
-The President's procedure on plane
-Schedule card
-Story
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/09/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[007-095-w001]
[Duration: 10m 44s]
The President's schedule
-California trip
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-New York
-Airport
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Campaigning
-Martha Dawes [sp]
-Women
-Attractiveness and smarts
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-Debbie [surname unknown]
-Virginia
-Lucy A. Winchester
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Advance
-Gwen King
-Abilities
-Young men
-Rose Mary Woods's talk with
-Advance men and women
-Advance men
-The President’s opinion
-Canton, Ohio
-Ottumwa
-New Hampshire
-Rose Mary Woods's talk with Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart's staff
-Rose Mary Woods’s opinion
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Advance work
-Men
-Women
-The President’s opinion
-Perception
-Women’s lib
-Campaigning
Politics
-John V. Lindsay’s party affiliation
-Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.'s comment
-Rose Mary Woods's visit to Walter R. Tkach
-Roger H. Mudd
-Mike Wallace’s comment
-W. Kenneth Riland
-Ronald W. Reagan’s pitch
-Democrats switch to Republican Party
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson’s comment
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Appeal to stay in Republican Party
-John Hay Whitney
-David Rockefeller
-Lee W. Huebner
-Ripon Society letter
-Fourteen signatories
-Herbert Brownell
-Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.’s comments
-State of New York
-Jayne Brumley
-Comments to Newsweek
-Telephone call to Rose Mary Woods
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-W. Kenneth Riland
-Jacob K. Javits
-Party affiliation
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] [?]
**********************************************************************Also recorded on August 12, 1971
- 007-093 8:04 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:04 pm.
- 007-094 8:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:08 pm.
- 007-096 8:20 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 8:24 pm.
- 007-097 8:24 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:28 pm.
- 007-098 8:28 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:28 pm and 8:36 pm.
- 007-099 8:36 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 8:36 pm to 8:40 pm.
- 007-100 8:43 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:43 pm.
- 007-101 8:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-095, August 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-095 (accessed October 9, 2026).