Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 12 › Conversation 012-067
Nixon phone call with Woods on William P. Rogers and Telephone logistics
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 9:00 PM–9:02 PM ET · White House Telephone ·2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate his evening telephone schedule and finalize his list of evening calls. During the brief exchange, they dismissed a potential call to Senator James O. Eastland and confirmed that Nixon would instead reach out to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The conversation concluded with Woods preparing to depart for the evening after helping organize the President's remaining communications.
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:00 pm to 9:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-067 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 12-67
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 9:00 pm- 9:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Telephone call from Rose Mary Woods
Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.
Clark MacGregor
-Schedule
-James O. Eastland
-Mississippi
Woods’ schedule
The President's telephone schedule
-William P. Rogers
-Warren E. Burger
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)Also recorded on October 22, 1971
- 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.
- 012-063 8:48 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:48 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.
- 012-068 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.
- 012-069 9:13 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and George Meany talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:21 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-067, 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/012-067 (accessed September 18, 2026).