Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 251 › Conversation 251-019

Nixon & Woods

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 9:29 AM–9:31 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation251-019 on Tape 251 (tape position 02:13:33–02:14:21)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:29 AMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:31 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 251-019 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183555 ↗

A 19-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:29 am to 9:31 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 251-19

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: 9:29 am - 9:31 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods

[See Conversation No. 42-77]

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You send over the yellow sheets.
I had about six sheets of final notes that I did.
  • 042-077 9:29 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:29 am to 9:31 am.
  • 251-020 9:31 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:48 am.
  • 251-021 9:31 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:48 am.
  • 251-022 9:48 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:48 am to 9:50 am.
  • 251-023 9:50 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.
  • 251-024 9:50 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.
  • 251-025 9:50 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.
  • 251-026 9:50 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.

Conversation 251-019, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183555). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-019 (accessed November 2, 2026).