Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-120
Nixon phone call with Woods on Sequoia and White House schedule
Thursday, June 14, 1973 · 6:08 PM–6:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon calls Rose Mary Woods to coordinate her arrival for a planned evening excursion on the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. The two discuss her ongoing beauty shop appointment and finalize travel logistics to ensure she meets the President and First Lady on the White House south grounds. Nixon instructs Woods to join their party directly rather than traveling separately, confirming a brief wait for her arrival.
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NARA Description
On June 14, 1973, Rose Mary Woods and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-120 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-120
Date: June 14, 1973
Time: 6:08 pm - 6:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 446-12]
Woods’s schedule
-Beauty shop appointment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
-Sequoia dinner
-President’s schedule
-South groundsAlso recorded on June 14, 1973
- 446-007 5:58 PM · 4 min — 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 5:58 pm and 6:03 pm.
- 040-118 6:03 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:03 pm.
- 040-119 6:03 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:08 pm.
- 446-009 6:03 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:03 pm to 6:04 pm.
- 446-010 6:04 PM · 37 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 6:04 pm and 6:08 pm.
- 446-011 6:04 PM · 25 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 6:04 pm and 6:08 pm.
- 446-012 6:08 PM · 2 min — Rose Mary Woods and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 941-007 6:14 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Willam H. Henkel, Jr., John V. Brennan, Maj. Gen. John C. Bennett, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Henry A. Kissinger, David N. Parker, Garry M. Jenkins, William G. Hyland, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:14 pm to 6:38 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-120, June 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/040-120 (accessed October 23, 2026).