Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-080

Nixon phone call with Woods on Camp David and Personal health

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 8:28 PM–8:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 55 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation014-080 on Tape 14 (tape position 02:28:40–02:29:35)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 8:28 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 8:49 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-080 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190691 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon calls Rose Mary Woods to check on her recovery from an illness and discuss upcoming weekend plans. Nixon encourages Woods to join him at Camp David, despite her hesitation regarding space constraints and her personal responsibilities. The President ultimately instructs Woods to attend a White House church service and tour with her visiting aunt to ensure the relative is properly escorted.

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NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:28 pm to 8:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-080 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-80

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: 8:48 pm - 8:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 297-9]

     Woods
         -Health
         -Schedule
              -Camp David
              -Woods’ aunt
                   -White House church service, November 14
                        -Woods’ attendance
                             -Tour of White House

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Yeah.
Hello.
How are you feeling?
Well, much better today.
Oh, that's good.
That's good.
That's better.
Yeah.
I was hoping you might go up to Camp David this weekend if you like.
Oh, I wish I could.
My Aunt Mary's coming today.
Oh, well, sure.
She's going to come.
I'm not going to come with her, but she's coming with some people from Virginia to church on Sunday.
Oh, that's fine.
So she gets in tomorrow.
Why don't you come, too?
Well, I may.
I'll see how many are coming.
I may just come at the end and pick them up.
What the hell with seeing how many are coming.
There's plenty of room.
You know that.
Well, we'll see.
It's sometimes pretty crowded, and I don't like to.
Yeah.
Well, there's no problem.
You come.
You come, too.
If she's coming, you come with her, okay?
You know, she's the tough old nurse from Pennsylvania.
She's never been to Washington.
Well, you come with her so you can sort of escort her around, take her upstairs and all that sort of thing, okay?
Okay.
All right, Rosa.
All right.
Thank you.

Also recorded on November 11, 1971

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  • 297-002 8:19 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:19 pm.
  • 014-078 8:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 297-006 8:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 014-079 8:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 297-007 8:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 297-008 8:25 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-080, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190691). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-080 (accessed November 15, 2026).