Nixon White House TapesTape 259 › Conversation 259-006

Nixon & Woods on Administrative logistics

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 2:49 PM–2:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryConversation259-006 onTape 259 (tape position 00:05:13–00:05:55)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:49 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 259-006 ↗

President Nixon contacted his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to request her immediate presence at his Old Executive Office Building workspace. This brief administrative interaction served as a coordination effort for the President's logistical workflow. The primary action item was the relocation of Woods to the EOB to facilitate further office operations.

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5:26Oh, could you drop over to the EOB please?
5:31Yeah, right.

On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 259-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 259-6

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: 2:49 pm - 2:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods

[See Conversation No. 6-4]
  • 259-001 1:40 PM · 3 min — 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 006-002 2:47 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 259-004 2:47 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 006-003 2:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:48 pm.
  • 259-005 2:48 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:48 pm.
  • 006-004 2:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 006-005 2:50 PM · 54 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 259-007 2:53 PM · 1 hr 2 min — 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 4:01 pm.

Conversation 259-006, June 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/259-006 (accessed September 18, 2026).