Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-025

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Sunday, October 8, 1972 · 10:30 PM–10:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-025 on Tape 31StartSunday, October 8, 1972 at 10:30 PMEndSunday, October 8, 1972 at 10:31 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-025 ↗

A 10-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On October 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 pm and 10:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-25

Date: October 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:30 pm and 10:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Miss Woods, please.
Thank you.

Also recorded on October 8, 1972

  • 218-004 8:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 1:02 pm.
  • 218-005 8:50 AM · 12 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 7:26 pm.
  • 031-023 9:57 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:57 pm and 10:18 pm.
  • 031-024 10:18 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 10:18 pm to 10:30 pm.
  • 031-026 10:31 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 10:31 pm to 10:32 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-025, October 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-025 (accessed November 2, 2026).