{"conversationCode":"012-040","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-040","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T17:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T17:58:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:57 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-040 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. 012-040\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 1:57 pm- 1:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-37A]\n\n     Rose Mary Woods’ schedule","filename":["012-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:08:47","tapeEnd":"01:08:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"012-039","nextCode":"012-041","transcript":[{"start":1.47,"end":2.39,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.41,"end":2.54,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.56,"end":4.47,"text":"Your bell doesn't ring, so you come over now."},{"start":4.49,"end":5.5,"text":"All right, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon calls his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to request her presence in the Oval Office. He notes that her office bell is malfunctioning, necessitating a direct telephone summons. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination to facilitate an immediate in-person meeting between the two.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","Scheduling","White House logistics","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:33:54.478Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","scheduling","white-house-logistics","communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-040.mp3","bytes":146702,"durationSec":6.04,"bitrate":194174,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.046Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}