Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 304 › Conversation 304-012

Nixon & Woods on White House administration and presidential correspondence

Monday, October 25, 1971 · 3:15 PM–3:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation304-012 on Tape 304 (tape position 00:44:07–00:44:49)StartMonday, October 25, 1971 at 3:15 PMEndMonday, October 25, 1971 at 3:29 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 304-012 ↗

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, held a brief administrative check-in regarding the status of the President's correspondence. Woods confirmed that she was actively working on drafting a response to the President's current projects. The exchange served primarily as a status update to ensure organizational matters were being addressed without concern.

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Are you worried enough?
Are you with somebody?
Oh, yeah, fine.
Fine.
Okay.
Fine.
There are no worries.
I'm just working on your response.
All right.

On October 25, 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 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 304-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 304-12

Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     Rose Mary Woods's schedule
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]
  • 012-116 3:01 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 3:01 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 304-009 3:01 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:01 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 012-117 3:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 304-010 3:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:12 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 012-118 3:15 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 304-011 3:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 304-013 3:15 PM · 15 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 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 304-014 3:15 PM · 7 sec — 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 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.

Conversation 304-012, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/304-012 (accessed October 9, 2026).