{"conversationCode":"281-061","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-061","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T22:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T22:37:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:36 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 281-61\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 6:36 pm - 6:37 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n[See Conversation No. 12-55]","filename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:52:38","tapeEnd":"04:53:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"281-060","nextCode":"281-062","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":17558,"end":17560.22,"text":"Mae wedi graddio ym Mhrifysgol Stamford 5 ac ym Mhrifysgol."},{"start":17560.42,"end":17560.92,"text":"Diolch."},{"start":17561.75,"end":17563.99,"text":"Roedd yn ysgrifennu'n gyntaf yn ei glas o'r Ysgol Llywodraeth yn 1932."},{"start":17564.05,"end":17569.03,"text":"Roedd wedi cael ei gyflwyno fel un o'r unwaith mwyaf o ddilyniadau o ddilyniadau llywodraeth."},{"start":17569.11,"end":17578.22,"text":"Roedd 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."},{"start":17578.24,"end":17585.6,"text":"Yn ei swydd, fe wnaeth ei weithredu'n ysgol i'r ddilyniant ac roedd ei ddilyniant yn cynnwys ymchwil llywodraeth yn yr unwaith mwyaf."},{"start":17586.8,"end":17601.04,"text":"Ar 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."},{"start":17601.68,"end":17610.04,"text":"Mae'r Cyngor Gwleidyddol a'r Adran Gwleidyddol yn ffansiwm arbennig iawn, yn gweithio fel cyfrifiadwr arbennig o'r Gwleidyddol a'r statws yng Nghymru."},{"start":17610.08,"end":17613.59,"text":"Mae'n ymwneud â chyfrifiadwr y Prifysgol."},{"start":17615.33,"end":17621.51,"text":"Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu penderfyniad ar ôl penderfyniad sy'n cael ei ddarparu ar gyfer y Cynulliad."},{"start":17621.53,"end":17624.89,"text":"Dydw i ddim i gyd yn y Cynulliad."},{"start":17624.91,"end":17628,"text":"Ac mae'n gweithio'n dda iawn, yn dda iawn, yn dda iawn."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":17558,"end":17628,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["William Rehnquist","Supreme Court nomination","Judicial appointments","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:14:53.906Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-rehnquist","supreme-court-nomination","judicial-appointments","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281a.mp3","bytes":117576097,"durationSec":7348.44,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"281b.mp3","bytes":117633357,"durationSec":7352,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"281c.mp3","bytes":66474317,"durationSec":4154.56,"bitrate":128002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}