Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-045
Nixon phone call with Woods on Presidential speech
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 3:58 PM–3:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to bring a copy of his upcoming speech to the White House. This brief administrative exchange serves to coordinate the distribution of presidential materials in preparation for a scheduled appearance. No further policy matters or decisions were addressed during the interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-045
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 3:58 pm- 3:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 281-47C]
Rose Mary Woods’ schedule
-Copy of President’s speechAlso 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.
- 012-044 3:54 PM · 6 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.
- 012-046 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 012-045, 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/012-045 (accessed October 12, 2026).