Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-153
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 9:30 PM–11:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to reach a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On January 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-153 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-153
Date: January 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on January 3, 1972
- 642-001 9:07 PM · 1 hr 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, William H. Carruthers, Donald W. Richardson, Robert Wussler, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, Dan Rather, Gordon Manning, William A. Leonard, II, and Gerald L. Warren met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 017-152 9:30 PM · 10 sec — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm.
- 017-154 11:11 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:11 pm to 11:12 pm.
- 017-155 11:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm.
- 017-156 11:13 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:22 pm.
- 017-157 11:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:22 pm.
- 017-158 11:23 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:23 pm to 11:28 pm.
- 017-159 11:28 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:28 pm and 11:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-153, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-153 (accessed October 9, 2026).