Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 325 › Conversation 325-019

Nixon & Woods on Pay Board and administrative coordination

Thursday, March 23, 1972 · 12:45 PM–1:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation325-019 on Tape 325 (tape position 03:19:19–03:23:29)StartThursday, March 23, 1972 at 12:45 PMEndThursday, March 23, 1972 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 325-019 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate the preparation of administrative documents. The discussion centered on the retyping of a Pay Board statement onto speech cards to ensure proper formatting for upcoming remarks. Woods was tasked with completing the task by a specific deadline, necessitating a brief exchange regarding typewriter use and project timeline.

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3:21:01I like this spot in the park.
3:22:21That's right.

On March 23, 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 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 325-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 325-19

Date: March 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     Pay Board statement
          -Retype
               -Speech cards
          -Typewriter
          -Time of completion

Woods left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.
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Conversation 325-019, March 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/325-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).