Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-109

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Tuesday, September 21, 1971 · 8:11 PM–8:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-109 on Tape 9 (tape position 03:20:11–03:20:18)StartTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 8:11 PMEndTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 8:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-109 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct connection to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further policy matters or significant developments were addressed during this call.

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Miss Woods, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:11 pm and 8:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-109 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-109

Date: September 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:11 pm and 8:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on September 22, 1971

  • 449-022 8:32 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 pm and 11:27 pm.
  • 009-110 8:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:48 pm to 8:50 pm.
  • 279-001 9:50 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:50 am to 9:55 am.
  • 279-002 10:03 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:03 am to 10:52 am.
  • 009-111 10:53 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
  • 279-003 10:53 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
  • 279-004 10:53 AM · 8 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 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
  • 279-005 10:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-109, September 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-109 (accessed October 12, 2026).