Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-044
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 3:54 PM–3:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to reach a key member of his staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief communication.
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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 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-044
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 281-47B]
Request for call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on October 21, 1971
- 012-042 3:53 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm.
- 281-045 3:53 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm.
- 012-043 3:54 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm.
- 281-046 3:54 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 281-047 3:55 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:25 pm.
- 012-045 3:58 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm.
- 012-046 3:59 PM · 11 sec — Rose Mary Woods and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 012-047 3:59 PM · 48 sec — Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), Marjorie P. Acker, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-044, 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/012-044 (accessed September 28, 2026).