{"conversationCode":"164-042","tapeNumber":164,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-164-042","startDateTime":"1973-04-30T14:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-30T14:21:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:20 AM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"10:21 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On April 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:20 am to 10:21 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-042 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 164-42\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: 10:20 am - 10:21 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n     Watergate\n          -President’s speech\n                -Copy\n                      -Legibility\n                      -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n                            -Typed copy\n\f                                               -31-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 164-43 (cont’d)","filename":["164-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"164-041","nextCode":"164-043","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":2.17,"text":"Mr. Wood, sir."},{"start":2.19,"end":11.92,"text":"I have sent over a copy, and it's going to be very hard for you to read it, but I think you can make it out and just sort of, you know, fill in if you don't know what it is."},{"start":11.94,"end":12.66,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.68,"end":13.51,"text":"Get it to Ray."},{"start":14.49,"end":16.39,"text":"Let him type me off a copy."},{"start":16.41,"end":17.63,"text":"Get it over here."},{"start":18.01,"end":18.33,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":18.35,"end":18.75,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":20.88,"end":21.08,"text":"Certainly."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate the preparation of a typed version of his upcoming Watergate address. Woods confirmed that she had already forwarded a draft to the President that was difficult to read, prompting Nixon to direct her to send the document to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. for transcription. This brief exchange highlights the urgent logistical efforts to finalize the text for the President's public statement regarding the unfolding scandal.","topics":["Watergate","Raymond K. Price, Jr.","Rose Mary Woods","Speechwriting","Public Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:22:38.960Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","raymond-k-price-jr","rose-mary-woods","speechwriting","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"164-042.mp3","bytes":827392,"durationSec":25.77,"bitrate":256821,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:58.128Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/164-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/164/conversation-164-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}