Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 267 › Conversation 267-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Rose Mary Woods

Friday, July 30, 1971 · 1:24 PM–3:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·48 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation267-009 onTape 267 (tape position 03:23:29–03:33:08)StartFriday, July 30, 1971 at 1:24 PMEndFriday, July 30, 1971 at 3:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 267-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown female staff member to provide specific editing instructions for a speech draft intended for his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. He directed her to ensure particular sentences were underlined to emphasize key points within the text. This brief exchange focused on administrative preparation for upcoming presidential communications.

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Come in.
I want you to take something over to .
Here, this undermining state sentence, that sentence, that one sentence.
Okay, thank you.

NARA Description

On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 3:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 267-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 267-009
Date: July 30, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:24 pm and 3:04 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown woman.
Speech draft for Rose Mary Woods
-Instructions
-Underlining of words
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 3:04 pm.

Also recorded on July 30, 1971

  • 007-040 12:09 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:09 pm to 12:10 pm.
  • 552-004 12:31 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 1:04 pm.
  • 552-005 1:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:10 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 552-006 1:20 PM · 5 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 267-006 1:24 PM · 13 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 1:24 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 267-007 1:24 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 267-008 1:24 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 267-010 3:04 PM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 4:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 267-009, July 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/267-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).