Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-063
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 8:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to facilitate a direct line to his long-time aide. No substantive policy matters or further developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-063 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-063
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 8:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on October 22, 1971
- 012-060 8:32 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:32 pm to 8:39 pm.
- 012-061 8:40 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:40 pm.
- 012-062 8:40 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 8:40 pm to 8:47 pm.
- 012-064 8:48 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 8:48 pm to 8:56 pm.
- 012-065 8:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm.
- 012-066 8:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm.
- 012-067 9:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:00 pm to 9:02 pm.
- 012-068 9:03 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger talked on the telephone from 9:03 pm to 9:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-063, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-063 (accessed October 12, 2026).