{"conversationCode":"011-072","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-072","startDateTime":"1971-10-13T01:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-13T01:13:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:12 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-072 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 011-072\n\n Date: October 12, 1971\n Time: 9:12 pm - 9:13 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n [See Conversation No. 291-5]\n\n ******************************************************************************\n\n [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.\n Segment cleared for release.]\n [Personal Returnable]\n [011-072-w001]\n [Duration: 38s]\n\n        October 12, 1971 dinner with J. Curtis Counts\n             -Rose Mary Woods’s reaction\n             -Margaret Theriault’s reaction\n\n        The President’s wardrobe\n             -Jacket\n\n ******************************************************************************\n\n        The President's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger\n             -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                    -Liberia\n\n ******************************************************************************\n\n [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.\n Segment cleared for release.]\n [Personal Returnable]\n [011-072-w003]\n [Duration: 20s]\n\n        October 12, 1971 dinner with J. Curtis Counts\n             -Rose Mary Woods’s attendance\n             -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\n ******************************************************************************","filename":["011-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:42:09","tapeEnd":"01:43:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"011-071","nextCode":"011-073","transcript":[{"start":38.13,"end":42.68,"text":"You know, we've been talking, Henry, and I just finished, and I think we'll have Pat go to Liberia."},{"start":42.7,"end":44.12,"text":"I think it's a very good idea."},{"start":44.16,"end":46.18,"text":"I think that would be a ten strike in so many ways."},{"start":46.2,"end":46.76,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":46.78,"end":51.33,"text":"She gets to star and be good in Africa, and it's a way for, you know."},{"start":51.65,"end":51.87,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":52.25,"end":54.47,"text":"I think that would be very good."},{"start":56.53,"end":56.67,"text":"Right."},{"start":56.7,"end":58.2,"text":"And she'll like it."},{"start":59.24,"end":59.96,"text":"Oh, sure."},{"start":59.98,"end":65.7,"text":"You know, and it really, in many, many ways, it would be just great."},{"start":66.08,"end":66.28,"text":"All right."},{"start":67.77,"end":71.92,"text":"I think that's a really good idea."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Henry Kissinger regarding the scheduling of First Lady Pat Nixon for an upcoming diplomatic trip to Liberia. Both parties agreed that the visit would be a positive development, offering the First Lady a significant international platform. Nixon decided to move forward with the plan, anticipating that she would respond favorably to the assignment.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Liberia","Diplomatic relations","Foreign policy","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:21:54.188Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","liberia","diplomatic-relations","foreign-policy","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":91,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-072.mp3","bytes":2923783,"durationSec":91.24,"bitrate":256354,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}