Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 307 › Conversation 307-031
Nixon & Woods on W. Kenneth Riland and White House Administration
Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 5:14 PM–5:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary Rose Mary Woods briefly coordinated his schedule regarding upcoming appointments and personal commitments. The discussion centered on an upcoming dinner with First Lady Pat Nixon and a scheduled meeting with Dr. W. Kenneth Riland. No major policy decisions were made during this short administrative exchange.
- Scheduling
- Pat Nixon
- W. Kenneth Riland
- White House Administration
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NARA Description
On December 8, 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 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 307-031
Date: December 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[307-031-w001]
[Duration: 19s]
Dinner with President and Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-December 8, 1971
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with W. Kenneth Riland
**********************************************************************Also recorded on December 8, 1971
- 016-060 5:08 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 307-030 5:08 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 016-061 5:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 307-032 5:14 PM · 8 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 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 016-062 5:16 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:17 pm.
- 307-033 5:16 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:17 pm.
- 016-063 5:17 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 8:03 pm.
- 307-034 5:20 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:20 pm to 6:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 307-031, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-031 (accessed October 12, 2026).