Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-055
Nixon phone call with Woods on Speechwriting
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 6:36 PM–6:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
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On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-055 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-055
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 6:36 pm- 6:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 281-61]
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Also recorded on October 21, 1971
- 281-061 6:36 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
- 281-062 6:37 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 6:44 pm.
- 012-056 6:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:44 pm to 6:45 pm.
- 281-063 6:44 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:44 pm to 6:45 pm.
- 012-057 6:45 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 8:03 pm.
- 281-064 6:45 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm.
- 281-065 6:45 PM · 37 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 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm.
- 281-066 6:45 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-055, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191615). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-055 (accessed November 2, 2026).