Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-059

Nixon phone call with Woods on Social schedule and White House dinner

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 10:31 AM–10:32 AM ET · White House Telephone · 47 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation011-059 on Tape 11 (tape position 01:30:14–01:31:00)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 10:31 AMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 10:32 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-059 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon invited his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to attend a small dinner at the White House that evening. The guest list included First Lady Pat Nixon, Margaret Theriault, and Henry Kissinger. The President requested Woods's presence specifically to facilitate a brief policy discussion with Kissinger during the event.

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Pat is going to have, we're going to have the Turios, Margaret Turiot, remember her?
Oh, yes.
I know who she is, yeah.
Over for dinner tonight.
Would you like to come?
I'm going to have Henry there, too, because we've got to go over.
Yes, it's going to be brief, 6 to 8 o'clock, perhaps.
You feel like it?
Sure, that'd be fun.
Fine.
I think it's 6.30.
Okay.
Okay.
That's wonderful.
Thanks.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:31 am to 10:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-059 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-059

 Date: October 12, 1971
 Time: 10:31 am - 10:32 am
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

 [See Conversation No. 288-16]

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 [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.
 Segment cleared for release.]
 [Personal Returnable]
 [011-059-w001]
 [Duration: 13s]

        Rose Mary Woods’s health

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        Dinner, October 12, 1971
             -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                  -Margaret Theriault
                  -Henry A. Kissinger

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on October 12, 1971

  • 011-058 10:16 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
  • 288-014 10:16 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
  • 288-015 10:16 AM · 17 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 10:16 am and 10:31 am.
  • 288-016 10:16 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:16 am to 10:31 am.
  • 288-017 10:32 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:32 am and 11:19 am.
  • 288-018 10:32 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:32 am and 11:19 am.
  • 288-019 10:32 AM · 20 sec — 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 10:32 am and 11:22 am.
  • 288-020 10:32 AM · 1 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 10:32 am and 11:22 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-059, October 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/011-059 (accessed October 12, 2026).