Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-028

Nixon phone call with Woods on Speechwriting and White House Administration

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 7:15 PM–7:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation042-028 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:28:15–00:28:51)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 7:15 PMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 7:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the formatting and final revisions for an upcoming speech draft. Woods seeks clarification on whether to conclude a specific section or continue the text as written for the press copies. Nixon instructs her to maintain his preferred structural format and to ensure the draft is completed in its entirety.

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yep rosemary woods yep so yeah i'm sorry to bother you but on page 16 where you have the line drawn under i want peace for america yeah is that where you want it to end uh don't just go on and finish it okay because we can change it to my way if you want finish it as it is in that farm and because that's the farm it's going to go to the press in just a second just second i'll ask henry about the press copy just a second
Well, we're not doing it in press copy form.
I'm doing it in your form.
All right.
Well, do it in my form and let it go all the way through.
Okay.

NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:15 pm to 7:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-28

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 7:15 pm - 7:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

     Draft of speech
           -Form

Also recorded on April 7, 1971

  • 042-029 7:16 PM · 27 sec — Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:16 pm on April 6, 1971 and 10:59 am on April 7, 1971.
  • 042-107 7:16 PM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 7:16 pm on April 6, 1971 and 10:59 am on April 7, 1971.
  • 475-008 8:59 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:59 pm.
  • 475-009 9:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 pm to 9:20 pm.
  • 475-010 9:20 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 pm and 9:25 pm.
  • 246-001 10:50 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:55 am.
  • 246-002 10:50 AM · 10 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 10:50 am and 10:55 am.
  • 246-003 10:50 AM · 8 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 10:50 am and 10:55 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-028, April 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-028 (accessed October 12, 2026).