President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, met to review and refine the text of an upcoming presidential speech. The discussion focused on evaluating specific edits and modifications to the draft. This consultation served as a final preparation stage before the President finalized the address for public delivery.
On August 15, 1971, 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 5:43 pm and 7:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 273-35
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:43 pm and 7:14 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person [Rose Mary Woods?]
Copy of President's forthcoming speech
-ChangesNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.