Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-157

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 11:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation017-157 on Tape 17 (tape position 06:05:43–06:05:50)StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 11:22 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 11:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 017-157 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a late-night telephone call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish communication with a key staff member. No further policy or administrative matters were addressed during this interaction.

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It's good to do.
Certainly.

NARA Description

On January 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-157 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 17-157

Date: January 2, 1972
Time: 11:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

  • 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.
  • 017-158 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.
  • 017-160 11:30 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 11:30 pm to 11:35 pm.
  • 017-161 11:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:35 pm.
  • 017-162 11:36 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:36 pm to 11:42 pm.

All 105 conversations from January 3, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 017-157, 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/017-157 (accessed October 9, 2026).