Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-061

Nixon & Woods on William Rehnquist and Supreme Court nomination

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 6:36 PM–6:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation281-061 on Tape 281 (tape position 04:52:38–04:53:48)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 6:36 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 6:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-061 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the professional background and legal credentials of William Rehnquist. The brief interaction focuses on Rehnquist’s academic history, his previous clerkship for Justice Robert Jackson, and his subsequent legal career in Arizona prior to his federal service. The dialogue serves to review Rehnquist’s qualifications, likely in preparation for his upcoming nomination to the Supreme Court.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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4:52:38Mae wedi graddio ym Mhrifysgol Stamford 5 ac ym Mhrifysgol.
4:52:40Diolch.
4:52:41Roedd yn ysgrifennu'n gyntaf yn ei glas o'r Ysgol Llywodraeth yn 1932.
4:52:44Roedd wedi cael ei gyflwyno fel un o'r unwaith mwyaf o ddilyniadau o ddilyniadau llywodraeth.
4:52:49Roedd wedi cael ei ddewis fel ddilyniant llywodraeth ar gyfer Mr. Justice Robert Jackson, un o'r aelodau anhygoel mwyaf o'r Llywodraeth yn y diwethaf diwethaf yn y diwethaf.
4:52:58Yn ei swydd, fe wnaeth ei weithredu'n ysgol i'r ddilyniant ac roedd ei ddilyniant yn cynnwys ymchwil llywodraeth yn yr unwaith mwyaf.
4:53:06Ar ôl arwain y llywodraeth, yw Mr. Rehnquist wedi ymgysylltu â'r ymarfer cyffredinol am 16 mlynedd yng Nghymru, Arizona, hyd at 1969, pan wnes i'n ymgyrchu â'r Swyddog Ymgyrchu Genedlaethol Gwasanaeth Gwleidyddol.
4:53:21Mae'r Cyngor Gwleidyddol a'r Adran Gwleidyddol yn ffansiwm arbennig iawn, yn gweithio fel cyfrifiadwr arbennig o'r Gwleidyddol a'r statws yng Nghymru.
4:53:30Mae'n ymwneud â chyfrifiadwr y Prifysgol.
4:53:35Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu penderfyniad ar ôl penderfyniad sy'n cael ei ddarparu ar gyfer y Cynulliad.
4:53:41Dydw i ddim i gyd yn y Cynulliad.
4:53:44Ac mae'n gweithio'n dda iawn, yn dda iawn, yn dda iawn.

NARA Description

On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-61

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 6:36 pm - 6:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 12-55]

Also recorded on October 21, 1971

  • 012-055 6:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 281-062 6:37 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 6:44 pm.
  • 012-056 6:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:44 pm to 6:45 pm.
  • 281-063 6:44 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:44 pm to 6:45 pm.
  • 012-057 6:45 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 8:03 pm.
  • 281-064 6:45 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm.
  • 281-065 6:45 PM · 34 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 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm.
  • 281-066 6:45 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 281-061, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-061 (accessed September 28, 2026).