{"conversationCode":"160-011","tapeNumber":160,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-160-011","startDateTime":"1973-01-06T14:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-06T14:28:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jan-1973","startTime":"9:27 AM","endDate":"6-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","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. 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(“Pat) Nixon\n                         -Embassy\n\n       Weather","filename":["160-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"160-010","nextCode":"160-012","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":1.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.33,"end":2.51,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.29,"end":10.38,"text":"Rose, the Vice President of China is here, and I'd like to send Madam Chong one of those music things."},{"start":11.38,"end":13.34,"text":"Do you think you could get one put together?"},{"start":13.82,"end":15.04,"text":"You send it over to the embassy?"},{"start":16.42,"end":17.42,"text":"Yes."},{"start":17.44,"end":18.92,"text":"Check to see how long he's going to be."},{"start":18.98,"end":22.11,"text":"I'm sure he's staying two or three days."},{"start":22.93,"end":24.73,"text":"And he's at the embassy."},{"start":25.39,"end":26.33,"text":"He's at the embassy."},{"start":26.89,"end":27.79,"text":"All right."},{"start":31.22,"end":34.32,"text":"And send it over to Madam."},{"start":34.34,"end":38.46,"text":"This is for Madam Chong, and you send it to the ambassador."},{"start":38.5,"end":42.69,"text":"Mrs. Nixon had a gift for her and wanted her to have it and wanted to deliver it there to the embassy."},{"start":42.81,"end":43.13,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":43.91,"end":44.01,"text":"Sure."},{"start":44.03,"end":44.33,"text":"All right."},{"start":44.35,"end":44.73,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":45.13,"end":45.35,"text":"All right."},{"start":45.37,"end":46.49,"text":"Is there snow down there yet?"},{"start":48.17,"end":48.49,"text":"No."},{"start":48.68,"end":49.9,"text":"I'm at Camp David."},{"start":49.92,"end":50.7,"text":"No."},{"start":50.72,"end":51.12,"text":"No."},{"start":51.26,"end":52.94,"text":"Is there a lot up there?"},{"start":53.02,"end":53.44,"text":"Not at all."},{"start":53.54,"end":53.74,"text":"No."},{"start":54.06,"end":54.86,"text":"No?"},{"start":54.88,"end":55.3,"text":"No."},{"start":55.32,"end":55.66,"text":"Good."},{"start":55.68,"end":55.9,"text":"No."},{"start":56.42,"end":56.83,"text":"Okay."},{"start":56.91,"end":57.81,"text":"Okay."},{"start":57.83,"end":57.97,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Republic of China","Taiwan","Madame Chiang Kai-shek","Rose Mary Woods","Diplomatic protocol","Gift giving"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:17:02.816Z"},"topicSlugs":["republic-of-china","taiwan","madame-chiang-kai-shek","rose-mary-woods","diplomatic-protocol","gift-giving"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"160-011.mp3","bytes":1527192,"durationSec":63.49,"bitrate":192422,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:57.496Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/160-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/160-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/160/conversation-160-011","catalogNaId":648452661,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/648452661","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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