Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-086
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 9:16 AM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon attempted to reach his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, via the White House operator to discuss an unspecified matter. After learning that both Woods and her colleague Marjorie Acker were briefly unavailable, the President declined offers for assistance from other staff members. He ultimately instructed the operator to have Woods return his call at her earliest convenience.
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NARA Description
On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-086 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-086
Date: November 3, 1971
Time: 9:16 am
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 301-7D]
Call to Rose Mary Woods
-Alice McPhillips (sp?)
-Marjorie P. AckerAlso recorded on November 3, 1971
- 013-081 8:55 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:55 am.
- 013-083 9:00 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:11 am.
- 301-007 9:00 AM · 3 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:00 am to 12:14 pm.
- 013-084 9:12 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone from 9:12 am to 9:13 am.
- 013-085 9:13 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:16 am.
- 013-087 9:16 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:19 am.
- 013-088 9:19 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am.
- 013-089 9:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph J. Perk talked on the telephone from 9:25 am to 9:26 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-086, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-086 (accessed October 12, 2026).