Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-128
Nixon phone call with Woods on George C. Wallace and Arthur H. Bremer
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 9:36 PM–9:39 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss scheduling matters regarding a trip to Camp David and Woods's personal commitments following a recent death in her family. The conversation shifts to the security implications of the assassination attempt on George C. Wallace, with the participants evaluating the mental state of the assailant, Arthur Bremer. They conclude by debating the necessity of heightened Secret Service protection for other political figures, including Edward M. Kennedy and John B. Connally.
- George C. Wallace
- Arthur H. Bremer
- Secret Service protection
- Edward M. Kennedy
- John B. Connally
- Camp David
Audio
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:36 pm to 9:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-128 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-128
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: 9:36 pm - 9:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See also Conversation No. 339-17]
Woods's location
-Return home
-Time
-Dinner
Woods's meeting with the President
Trip to Camp David
-Woods's schedule
-Death in family
Attack on George C. Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Mental condition
-Candidate protection
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Necessity
-John B. Connally
-Woods’s view
-Need for protectionAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
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- 024-127 9:35 PM · 6 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-128, 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/024-128 (accessed October 9, 2026).