Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-077

Nixon phone call with Woods on Securities and Exchange Commission

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 9:29 AM–9:31 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation042-077 on Tape 42 (tape position 01:57:51–01:58:08)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:29 AMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:31 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-077 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, coordinate the delivery of sensitive administrative materials. The President requests that Woods forward his personal notes regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are contained within a specific folder. Woods confirms the location of these documents and agrees to transmit them to the President immediately.

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Miss Woods, Mr. Press.
Yeah.
Good morning.
Just send over the yellow sheets.
I had about six sheets of final notes that I did at the S&E.
All right.
Fine.
They're in that folder.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:29 am to 9:31 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-77

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: 9:29 am - 9:31 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 251-19]

     President's notes on the Securities and Exchange Commission

Also recorded on April 29, 1971

  • 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.
  • 251-024 9:50 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.
  • 251-025 9:50 AM · 41 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.
  • 251-026 9:50 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman 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 042-077, 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/042-077 (accessed October 3, 2026).