Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-032
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 9:51 AM–10:51 AM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The conversation served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication with a key staff member. No further policy or substantive matters were addressed during this brief exchange.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-032
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:51 am and 10:51 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 281-22]
Request for call to Rose Mary Woods
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 012-033, which has been merged with
conversation 012-032.]
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 281-23]
Repair request
-Buzzer
-Old Executive Office Building [OEOB] office
Tape
-President’s draft of speech
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-AvailabilityAlso recorded on October 21, 1971
- 281-008 9:39 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:39 am and 9:45 am.
- 012-029 9:45 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am.
- 012-030 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
- 281-009 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
- 012-031 9:51 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
- 281-010 9:51 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
- 281-011 9:51 AM · 35 sec — 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 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
- 281-012 9:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-032, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-032 (accessed October 12, 2026).