Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-049
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 5:42 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
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On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-049
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 5:42 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 281-50]
Request for call to Rose Mary WoodsTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on October 21, 1971
- 012-050 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
- 281-050 5:42 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:42 pm.
- 281-051 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
- 281-052 5:43 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 281-053 5:43 PM · 12 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 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 281-054 5:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 281-055 5:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:55 pm.
- 012-051 5:52 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:52 pm to 5:53 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-049, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191603). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-049 (accessed November 2, 2026).