Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 255 › Conversation 255-037

Nixon & Woods

Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 2:53 PM–2:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 32 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation255-037 on Tape 255 (tape position 03:25:47–03:26:28)StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 2:53 PMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 2:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 255-037 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183847 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to finalize a piece of personal correspondence. He provided her with a letter he had authored earlier that morning for a young girl. The interaction served as a brief administrative task to ensure the delivery or processing of the document.

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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 2:53 pm to 2:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 255-37

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 2:53 pm - 2:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods

[See Conversation No. 4-94]

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That's the letter to the little girl I wrote at 6 o'clock this morning.

Also recorded on June 9, 1971

  • 004-092 1:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 004-094 2:52 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:55 pm.
  • 255-038 2:53 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 004-095 2:55 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 004-096 3:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 004-097 3:13 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:13 pm to 3:14 pm.
  • 004-098 3:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:04 pm.
  • 004-099 4:04 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 255-037, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183847). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-037 (accessed November 2, 2026).