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Nixon & Woods on White House Staff and Personal Logistics

Monday, June 7, 1971 · 3:07 PM–3:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation255-019 on Tape 255 (tape position 00:29:24–00:30:28)StartMonday, June 7, 1971 at 3:07 PMEndMonday, June 7, 1971 at 3:09 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 255-019 ↗

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, held a brief, informal meeting to coordinate their personal schedules for the evening. They discussed adjusting the time of a planned engagement from 7:00 pm to 6:30 pm to better accommodate the President's availability. No substantive policy matters were addressed, as the conversation focused exclusively on logistical arrangements.

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Well, it occurred to me that you didn't have something you didn't want to be in company on.
Are you going out?
No, 7 o'clock.
6.30.
Make our date 6.30, which is better for me.
Anyway, I'll finish my paper.
I've got to go.
Thank you.
What you want?
I'm ready to go in.
I'm ready to go in.

On June 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 255-19

Date: June 7, 1971
Time: 3:07 pm - 3:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/13/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[255-019-w001]
[Duration: 1m 1s]

[See Conversation No. 4-62]

[End of telephone conversation]

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  • 004-060 2:57 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 3:02 pm.
  • 255-018 2:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:57 pm to 3:02 pm.
  • 004-061 3:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 004-062 3:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 004-112 3:09 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 255-020 3:09 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 255-021 3:09 PM · 21 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 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 513-002 3:20 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:20 pm to 3:23 pm.

Conversation 255-019, June 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-019 (accessed September 27, 2026).