Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 255 › Conversation 255-027
Nixon & Woods on Administrative tasks and Presidential staff
Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 8:24 AM–8:25 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 23 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, held a brief, informal meeting in the Old Executive Office Building to address administrative tasks. The exchange centered on a request for Woods to handle specific clerical duties or correspondence, referred to as 'fire' in the transcript. No major policy decisions or significant political developments resulted from this brief administrative encounter.
- Administrative tasks
- Rose Mary Woods
- Presidential staff
- Office operations
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NARA Description
On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:24 am to 8:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 255-27 Date: June 9, 1971 Time: 8:24 am - 8:25 am Location: Executive Office Building Rose Mary Woods talked with the President [See Conversation No. 4-81]
Also recorded on June 9, 1971
- 004-080 7:30 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 8:24 am.
- 255-022 7:30 AM · 47 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 7:30 am and 8:24 am.
- 255-024 7:30 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William S. White met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 8:24 am.
- 255-025 7:30 AM · 39 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 7:30 am and 8:24 am.
- 004-081 8:24 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:24 am to 8:25 am.
- 004-082 8:25 AM · 25 sec — Rose Mary Woods and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:35 am.
- 255-028 8:25 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 9:20 am.
- 004-083 8:35 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 9:23 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 255-027, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).