Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 224 › Conversation 224-029
Nixon phone call with Woods on Camp David and Correspondence
Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 3:21 PM–3:23 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon directs his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to travel to Camp David to assist with a high-priority mailing project involving hundreds of personalized letters. Nixon explains the urgency of the correspondence, which includes letters to labor groups being drafted by Chuck Colson and Don Rogers, and instructs Woods to coordinate her helicopter transport through Brennan. The primary goal of this meeting is to finalize and dispatch this urgent batch of presidential communications.
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NARA Description
On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:21 pm to 3:23 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 224-29 Date: November 14, 1972 Time: 3:21 pm – 3:23 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with Rose Mary Woods. [See Conversation No. 153-24] [End of telephone conversation]
Also recorded on November 14, 1972
- 153-022 3:11 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:11 pm to 3:18 pm.
- 224-028 3:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:11 pm to 3:18 pm.
- 153-023 3:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:21 pm.
- 153-024 3:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:21 pm to 3:23 pm.
- 153-025 3:23 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 7:34 pm.
- 225-001 3:23 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 225-002 3:23 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 7:34 pm.
- 225-003 3:23 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 3:23 pm and 7:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 224-029, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/224-029 (accessed October 9, 2026).