{"conversationCode":"217-011","tapeNumber":217,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-217-011","startDateTime":"1972-10-07T13:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-07T14:16:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"7-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On October 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 217-11\n\nDate: October 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 10:16 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n        Speech draft\n            -William E. Timmons\n            -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n                -Preference\n            -John D. Ehrlichman\n                -Post-inaugural references\n                     -Alexander P. Butterfield\n            -Copy\n\n        [Pause]\n\n*************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1m 5s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.1\n\n*************************************************************\n\nWoods left at an unknown time before 10:16 am.","filename":["217-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"217-010","nextCode":"217-012","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":27.73,"text":"In fact, that's the start of it there."},{"start":28.25,"end":51.1,"text":"He prefers that, and as I understand from Alex, that's what Ehrlichman prefers for you, not to make any post-inaugural things."},{"start":99.26,"end":121.01,"text":"Okay, we'll turn it off and bring it back so you can look at it and do a new book."},{"start":136.97,"end":137.1,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, reviewed a draft of an upcoming speech, specifically evaluating contributions from William E. Timmons and Raymond K. Price, Jr. The discussion centered on strategic preferences regarding the inclusion of post-inaugural references, with input provided by John D. Ehrlichman and Alexander P. Butterfield. Following their review, the pair decided to revise the document to better align with the President's desired tone and content.","topics":["Speechwriting","Post-inaugural strategy","Administrative coordination","Rose Mary Woods","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:39:07.862Z"},"topicSlugs":["speechwriting","post-inaugural-strategy","administrative-coordination","rose-mary-woods","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":137,"audioFiles":[{"file":"217-011.mp3","bytes":3290800,"durationSec":137.04,"bitrate":192107,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.865Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:05.726Z","transcriptGapSeconds":72,"transcriptGapShare":0.53,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/217-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/217/conversation-217-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}