Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-097

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 5:02 PM–5:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-097 on Tape 8 (tape position 04:21:23–04:21:30)StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 5:02 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 5:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-097 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a long-distance telephone call. He requested to be connected with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, who was in California at the time. The brief exchange served strictly as a logistical request to facilitate communication with a key staff member.

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Yes, sir.
You try Miss Woods in California, please.
Yes, thank you.

NARA Description

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-097 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-97

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on September 12, 1971

  • 008-094 4:55 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm.
  • 278-027 4:55 PM · 11 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 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm.
  • 008-095 4:58 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:58 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 278-028 4:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:58 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 008-096 5:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 008-098 5:08 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
  • 278-029 5:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
  • 008-099 5:14 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-097, September 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/008-097 (accessed October 9, 2026).