Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-020

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 11:37 AM–1:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation042-020 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:23:48–00:23:54)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:37 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 1:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to initiate communication with a key staff member. No policy matters or substantive political issues were addressed during this brief administrative call.

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Ms. Woods, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 1:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-20

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:37 am and 1:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on April 6, 1971

  • 042-018 11:21 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:35 am.
  • 245-015 11:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:35 am.
  • 042-019 11:35 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:35 am to 11:37 am.
  • 245-016 11:35 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:35 am to 11:37 am.
  • 245-017 11:37 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 1:00 pm.
  • 001-001 11:51 AM · 11 sec — United States Secret Service agents and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 11:53 am.
  • 001-002 11:51 AM · 9 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 11:53 am.
  • 001-003 11:53 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-020, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-020 (accessed October 21, 2026).