Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 42 › Conversation 042-021

Nixon phone call with Woods on Speechwriting and Administrative coordination

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 1:50 PM–1:51 PM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryConversation042-021 onTape 42 (tape position 00:23:54–00:24:02)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 1:50 PMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 1:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacts his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate the review of a speech draft. He requests that she come to his office to pick up the updated document for processing. This brief administrative exchange serves to facilitate the continued development of the President's prepared remarks.

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Yeah.
Miss Woods, ready?
Yeah.
Hello?
I have another draft.
Do you want to come over and take it, please?
All right.

NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-21

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 1:50 pm - 1:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     Draft of speech

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-021, 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/042-021 (accessed September 18, 2026).