Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-091

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 3:12 PM–3:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-091 on Tape 10 (tape position 02:50:42–02:50:50)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 3:12 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-091 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to reach a key member of his staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief communication.

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

NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:12 pm and 3:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-091 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-91

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:12 pm and 3:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 284-2]

     Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on October 6, 1971

  • 010-089 3:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:11 pm.
  • 010-090 3:11 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 284-001 3:11 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:11 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 284-002 3:12 PM · 1 min — 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 3:12 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 010-092 3:14 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 284-003 3:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 284-004 3:15 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 284-005 3:15 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-091, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-091 (accessed October 8, 2026).