Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Thursday, July 12, 1973 · 8:33 PM–8:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-069 on Tape 41StartThursday, July 12, 1973 at 8:33 PMEndThursday, July 12, 1973 at 8:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-069 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to request a meeting with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The conversation serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No further policy or strategic matters are addressed during this brief exchange.

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Miss Woods, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On July 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:33 pm and 8:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-69

Date: July 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:33 pm and 8:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President spoke with the White House operator.

       Request for meeting
            -Rose Mary Woods
                                             -46-

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on July 13, 1973

949-013 8:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:33 pm.
949-014 8:22 PM · 14 min — Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, President Richard M. Nixon, and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
949-015 8:22 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
949-016 8:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
041-068 8:33 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:33 pm.
041-070 8:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:41 pm to 8:46 pm.
949-017 8:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 pm to 8:46 pm.
949-018 8:46 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 pm and 8:48 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-069, July 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-069 (accessed October 10, 2026).