Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 160 › Conversation 160-011

Nixon phone call with Woods on Republic of China and Taiwan

Saturday, January 6, 1973 · 9:27 AM–9:28 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation160-011 on Tape 160StartSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 9:27 AMEndSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 9:28 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 160-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 648452661 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to arrange for a gift to be delivered to Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the Republic of China embassy in honor of the visiting Vice President of Taiwan. Nixon specified that the gift, which was intended to come from Mrs. Nixon, should be sent to the ambassador for delivery. The two also briefly confirmed the duration of the Vice President's visit and discussed local weather conditions.

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NARA Description

On January 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:27 am to 9:28 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 160-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 160-11

Date: January 6, 1973
Time: 9:27 am - 9:28 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 160-11 (cont’d)

       Vice President of Republic of China, Taiwan
            -Schedule in the US
                  -Gift for Madame Chiang Mayling Soong
                         -Thelma C. (“Pat) Nixon
                         -Embassy

       Weather

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Yeah.
Hello?
Rose, the Vice President of China is here, and I'd like to send Madam Chong one of those music things.
Do you think you could get one put together?
You send it over to the embassy?
Yes.
Check to see how long he's going to be.
I'm sure he's staying two or three days.
And he's at the embassy.
He's at the embassy.
All right.
And send it over to Madam.
This is for Madam Chong, and you send it to the ambassador.
Mrs. Nixon had a gift for her and wanted her to have it and wanted to deliver it there to the embassy.
Okay?
Sure.
All right.
Thank you.
All right.
Is there snow down there yet?
No.
I'm at Camp David.
No.
No.
Is there a lot up there?
Not at all.
No.
No?
No.
Good.
No.
Okay.
Okay.
Thanks.

Also recorded on January 6, 1973

  • 240-001 9:26 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 2:54 pm.
  • 240-008 9:26 AM · 15 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 2:54 pm.
  • 160-009 9:27 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:27 am.
  • 160-010 9:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:27 am.
  • 160-012 2:50 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 240-002 2:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 160-013 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 240-003 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 160-011, January 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 648452661). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/160-011 (accessed October 31, 2026).