Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-028

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, October 9, 1972 · 2:20 PM–7:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-028 on Tape 31StartMonday, October 9, 1972 at 2:20 PMEndMonday, October 9, 1972 at 7:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to connect with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The conversation serves solely as a logistical request for the operator to bridge the connection to Woods. No further substantive policy or administrative discussions occur during this exchange.

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Ms. Woods, please.

NARA Description

On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 7:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-28

Date: October 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 7:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

         Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on October 9, 1972

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  • 794-010 12:46 PM · 55 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 794-011 12:46 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 794-012 12:46 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel I. Newhouse, Herbert G. Klein, Stephen B. Bull, and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 031-027 1:38 PM · 32 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Joan Hall talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 365-005 1:38 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Joan Hall met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:38 pm to 3:05 pm.
  • 794-013 3:34 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 794-014 3:35 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:35 pm to 4:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-028, October 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-028 (accessed October 1, 2026).