Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-076

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 9:05 AM–9:29 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation042-076 on Tape 42 (tape position 01:57:42–01:57:51)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:05 AMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:29 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-076 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The conversation is strictly functional, serving only to request that the operator connect him to her office. No further policy or administrative matters are discussed during this exchange.

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Miss Woods, please.
Pardon?
Miss Woods.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-076 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-76

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:05 am and 9:29 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 251-18]

     Call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on April 29, 1971

  • 251-018 9:05 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 9:05 am and 9:29 am.
  • 251-053 9:05 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 9:05 am and 9:29 am.
  • 042-077 9:29 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:29 am to 9:31 am.
  • 251-019 9:29 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:29 am to 9:31 am.
  • 251-020 9:31 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:48 am.
  • 251-021 9:31 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:48 am.
  • 251-022 9:48 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:48 am to 9:50 am.
  • 251-023 9:50 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-076, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-076 (accessed October 3, 2026).