Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-106

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Wednesday, March 14, 1973 · 4:10 PM–4:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-106 on Tape 37StartWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 4:10 PMEndWednesday, March 14, 1973 at 4:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-106 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The primary purpose of the call was to request that the operator bridge the line to Woods's office located in the Executive Office Building. The interaction concluded once the connection process was initiated.

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You take this to Ms. Woods, please.

Thank you.

Across the street.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Are you waiting?

Hello?

Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-106 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-106

Date: March 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

       Telephone Connection

Also recorded on March 14, 1973

037-105 4:09 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm.
419-032 4:09 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm.
037-107 4:10 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:25 pm.
419-033 4:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:25 pm.
037-108 4:25 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 4:25 pm to 4:26 pm.
419-034 4:25 PM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, John W. Dean, III, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:25 pm to 5:40 pm.
037-109 4:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:36 pm.
419-035 5:40 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-106, March 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-106 (accessed October 5, 2026).