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Conversation 153-024

TapeTape 153StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 3:21 PMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 3:23 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryRecording deviceCamp David Study Table
AudioNARA Description

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:21 pm to 3:23 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-24

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 3:21 pm - 3:23 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 224-29]

       Woods's schedule

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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     (rev. Mar.-08)

[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

      The President’s schedule
           -Meetings

      1972 election
           -Thank you letters
                  -Personalization
                  -Woods’ assistance
                        -Trip to Camp David
                  -Dictaphone
                  -Timing
                        -Democrats
                        -Labor leaders

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      Woods's schedule
          -Trip to Camp David
                 -Arrangements
                       -John V. ("Jack") Brennan
                             -Helicopter
                       -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Roy L. Ash
                       -Time
                             -Work load
                       -Transportation
                             -Helicopter
                                   -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
                                   -Time
                                         -Brennan

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       (rev. Mar.-08)

                                                         Conversation No. 153-24 (cont’d)

       1972 election
            -Thank you letters
                   -Labor leaders
                        -Charles W. Colson
                        -Donald F. Rodgers
                        -Personalization
                        -General form
                              -Quality
                   -Woods’ trip to Camp David

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Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Hello.
Hello.
Rose, what is your situation with regard to—how's your work coming there?
What I'm in the middle of actually is between meetings is to try to really get these forum letters into a very personalized basis for various groups of people.
Uh-huh.
that if you could be here it would be helpful, you know, so that I could run them off and then send them back and so forth.
And then—no, I can put a lot of them on dictaphone, which I have—which I'm going to do, but I think it's going to—I think it's going to—I think we can get it out faster.
For example, we want to get—we want to strike a little faster on them than I had realized due to the fact that on the Democrats and the labor people we want our letters, my letters to get to them.
our Democratic friends can reach them and bring them back in the fold.
Sure.
So what is your situation right now?
Well, the things I'm working on for the most part, I can pack in a couple bags and just bring them up.
Well, could you come—if I arrange with Brennan, could you come up on a helicopter?
I'll be busy until about 430 with Roy Ash and his group.
They're coming in now.
But could you do that, or would it be better for you to come tomorrow or what?
Let's see, we've got all this stuff to get signed and out today.
I could never make it up there by 4.30.
Fine.
Because I don't have any clothes or anything.
Right, fine, fine.
Then why don't you plan?
I could have a driver pick me up in the morning.
Or there's a chopper coming up with the vice president in the morning.
Why don't you do that?
You come up on that.
I don't know what time that is, but I can check that.
Well, either that, it doesn't make it, or you should come up on another chopper, because it's all work, and just, you call Brennan, tell him you have to come, come on the chopper, it's much easier than driving, okay?
Okay, and will tomorrow morning be all right, then?
Yes, it'll be fine.
Okay, and I should plan to stay for... Well, not long, a couple of days, maybe a day or two.
Okay.
I mean, until we get the letters done, and I want you to take them back and put them in the mail and so forth.
I've gotten...
Chet Coulson and Don Rogers working on the first naming for the labor people, of which there are several hundreds right now.
And also they're going to put in little personalized sentences on several of them.
But I've got to work the general form out myself.
It's inadequate, the one they have here.
Yeah, well, that's why I was anxious for you to see it, because I do think it has to be really special.
Well, they haven't been through this form thing.
I know how to write a damn thing, and I'm going to spend time on these.
So I'm going to whip on them right now.
I'm going to get up tonight if I can.
Okay.
And I'll come up and I'll check with Jack and be up in the morning.
Fine, fine.
Okay.
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