Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-083
Nixon phone call with Woods on Camp David and Personal scheduling
Sunday, September 19, 1971 · 6:54 PM–6:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, held a brief personal telephone conversation to discuss scheduling and private matters. The dialogue covered updates regarding Woods's health and daily activities, alongside coordination for an upcoming family visit to Camp David involving Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox. The exchange served as a routine check-in between the President and a close aide concerning personal and social arrangements.
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NARA Description
On September 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:54 pm to 6:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-083 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-83
Date: September 19, 1971
Time: 6:54 pm - 6:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/03/2018. 2m
6s segment cleared for release with two segments of 13s and 6s remaining closed as 009-083-w001
and 009-083-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[009-083-w001]
[Duration: 2m 6s]
Rose Mary Woods
-Health
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[009-083-w001]
[Duration: 13s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Rose Mary Woods’s schedule
-Medicine
-Weather
-Activities
-Figs
The President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox’s visit
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[009-083-w002]
[Duration: 6s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Rose Mary Woods
-Health
-Marjorie P. Acker
*****************************************************************Also recorded on September 19, 1971
- 009-071 9:32 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:32 pm and 9:59 pm.
- 009-082 6:40 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
- 009-084 6:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 6:58 pm.
- 009-085 6:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Brooke talked on the telephone from 6:58 pm to 7:00 pm.
- 009-086 7:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William W. Keeler talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:07 pm.
- 009-087 7:07 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 9:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-083, September 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-083 (accessed October 12, 2026).