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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation012-049 onTape 12 (tape position 01:11:20–01:11:26)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 5:42 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 5:42 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-049 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to be connected with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. Following the connection, Nixon discussed a typographical error in an upcoming speech. The conversation also touched upon the career of William H. Rehnquist, then serving as Assistant Attorney General, and included a brief mention of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler.

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Miss Woods, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

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 Woods

                                                                               Conversation No.012-050

Date: October 21, 1971

Time: 5:42 pm- 5:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-51]

     The President's speech
          -Typographical error
               -William H. Rehnquist's career
                      -Assistant Attorney General
               -Ronald L. Ziegler

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 · 53 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 · 9 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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-049 (accessed September 18, 2026).