Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 291 › Conversation 291-004
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Rose Mary Woods
Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 9:09 PM–9:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to place an outgoing call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this communication.
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NARA Description
On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 291-4
Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 11-71]
Request for a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on October 13, 1971
- 291-001 8:37 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:37 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 011-070 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
- 291-003 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
- 011-071 9:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
- 011-072 9:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
- 291-005 9:12 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
- 291-006 9:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
- 291-007 9:13 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 291-004, October 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-004 (accessed September 28, 2026).