Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-057

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 6:45 PM–8:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-057 on Tape 12 (tape position 01:29:48–01:29:49)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 6:45 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 8:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-057 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with a member of his staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred 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 6:45 pm and 8:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-057 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No.012-057

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 8:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on October 21, 1971

  • 012-055 6:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 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.
  • 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 · 34 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 012-057, 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/012-057 (accessed October 23, 2026).