Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 313 › Conversation 313-016

Nixon & Woods on White House administration and office management

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 3:00 PM–3:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation313-016 on Tape 313 (tape position 00:17:12–00:18:53)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 3:00 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 313-016 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in the Old Executive Office Building to conduct administrative business. The brief discussion primarily concerned routine office management and internal scheduling matters. No significant policy decisions or major developments were recorded during this exchange.

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On January 10, 1972, 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 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 313-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 313-16
Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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  • 018-037 2:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 313-010 2:51 PM · 35 sec — 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 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 018-038 2:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:54 pm.
  • 018-107 2:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm.
  • 313-012 2:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:54 pm.
  • 313-013 2:54 PM · 10 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 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm.
  • 313-014 2:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rogers C. B. Morton met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:58 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 313-015 3:00 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm.

Conversation 313-016, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/313-016 (accessed September 29, 2026).