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Nixon & Woods on White House administration and Office management

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 6:44 PM–6:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation281-063 on Tape 281 (tape position 04:54:37–04:54:46)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 6:44 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 6:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, one-minute meeting with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily served as a logistical touchpoint between the President and his trusted assistant. No substantive policy decisions or historical developments were recorded during this session.

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4:54:37Gadewch i mi ysgrifennu cwestiwn o ran sefydliadau sy'n agos yn fy mhrofiad oherwydd fy mhrofiad leol, ac oherwydd fy mlynedd o astudio'r system Amgueddfeydd Cymru.
4:54:39Rwyf wedi'i ddysgu'n fawr o ffyrdd sy'n datblygu'r Cymru fel sefydliad.
4:54:42Gadewch i'r holl Amgueddfeydd sy'n adnabod bod pob unigolyn ganddyn nhw'r hawdd i wneud penderfyniadau o'r Cymru.

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 6:44 pm to 6:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-63

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 6:44 pm - 6:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 12-56]

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.
  • 281-061 6:36 PM · 1 min — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 281-063, 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/281-063 (accessed September 28, 2026).