Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-090

Nixon, Woods & Kissinger on Frank L. Rizzo and Walter H. Annenberg

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 9:59 AM–10:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation013-090 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:18:15–03:19:16)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 9:59 AMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 10:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-090 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190395 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to contact Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg regarding recent election results and the administration's political positioning. Nixon specifically requested that Woods inform Annenberg of his congratulatory call to Frank L. Rizzo, emphasizing the importance of Rizzo's victory over William Thacher Longstreth. The conversation also touched upon favorable electoral outcomes for Republicans Richard G. Lugar and Ralph J. Perk, reflecting the President's satisfaction with these results.

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NARA Description

On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:59 am to 10:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-090 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-090

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: 9:59 am - 10:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 301-7I]

     Rose Mary Wood's forthcoming call to Walter H. Annenberg
          -President's call to Frank L. Rizzo

     Elections
           -Rizzo
                -William Thacher Longstreth
                      -Support for the Administration
           -Richard G. Lugar
           -Ralph J. Perk

The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time.

     Entrance

[End of conferral]

     Rose Mary Woods’ call to Annenberg

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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Yeah.

Miss Woods calling you, sir.

Hello, Rose.

You are.

Hello.

Thank you.

Hello.

Rose, I thought you might give Annenberg a call and tell him that I had called Rizzo, congratulating him, and Rizzo had said, well, I told him how much I admired his fine campaign.

He says, well, just you know what I think of you.

That's what he said.

I just tell Walter that now that this has happened, that I really get his views and sort of alert him to the fact that I remember what he said, that he was going to be a...

But isn't it great he won?

Yes.

because Longstreth is not sticking with us, so that was good.

But I was awfully pleased.

Lugar won again, too.

Yes, that was good.

And Cleveland, you know, were the Republican perk one.

I think that's very good.

Beat the black.

Yeah, because that was the hand-picked one.

I talk funny because I just, my whole time in my mouth is sort of...

Sit out there.

But, yes, I'll give him a call.

Okay, if you could call Annenberg on that, I'd appreciate it.

Yes, all right.

Also recorded on November 3, 1971

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.
013-086 9:16 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 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.
013-091 10:10 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:41 am.
013-092 10:41 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Pete Wilson talked on the telephone from 10:41 am to 10:43 am.
013-093 10:44 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:44 am to 10:45 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-090, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190395). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-090 (accessed October 29, 2026).