Nixon White House TapesTape 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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operator;  Woods, Rose Mary;  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operator;  Woods, Rose MaryConversation012-067 onTape 12 (tape position 02:14:27–02:16:16)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 9:00 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 9:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-067 ↗

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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Rose Woods wants to know where he's at.
Yep.
Hi, Rose.
Hi, the park has started for home, but the fellow glanced at his phone and said the only one to think of offhand is that you might want to call Eastland, but he's in Mississippi.
No, no, no, I don't need to call him.
That's what I thought.
Okay, fine.
I think I'll scoot on home and tell him if there are any others I can take him there.
I'll call all the others.
I'm going to give Rogers a call.
Yeah, well, I told the operator Rogers is over there, huh?

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.

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)
  • 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.

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).