Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-118
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Friday, December 31, 1971 · 9:11 PM–9:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, on New Year's Eve. The President requested that the White House operator connect him to Woods to facilitate private communication. This exchange served as a routine administrative request to reach a key member of his staff.
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NARA Description
On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-118 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-118
Date: December 31, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 311-4]
Request for a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on January 1, 1972
- 017-116 9:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elmer H. Bobst talked on the telephone from 9:08 pm to 9:11 pm.
- 311-002 9:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elmer H. Bobst met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:08 pm to 9:11 pm.
- 017-117 9:11 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 311-003 9:11 PM · 15 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 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 311-004 9:11 PM · 8 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 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 017-119 9:13 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:14 pm.
- 311-005 9:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 pm to 9:14 pm.
- 017-120 9:14 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-118, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-118 (accessed October 11, 2026).