Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-127
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 9:35 PM–9:36 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief interaction served exclusively as a procedural request to connect the President with his long-time assistant. No policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this short administrative communication.
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:35 pm and 9:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-127 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-127
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:35 pm and 9:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 339-16]
Request for a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
- 024-126 9:29 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:29 pm to 9:35 pm.
- 339-015 9:29 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:29 pm to 9:35 pm.
- 339-016 9:35 PM · 10 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 9:35 pm and 9:36 pm.
- 024-128 9:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:36 pm to 9:39 pm.
- 339-017 9:36 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:36 pm to 9:39 pm.
- 024-129 9:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Lukash talked on the telephone from 9:40 pm to 9:43 pm.
- 339-018 9:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Lukash met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 pm to 9:43 pm.
- 024-130 9:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ann Duggan talked on the telephone from 9:44 pm to 9:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-127, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-127 (accessed October 9, 2026).