Nixon White House TapesTape 338 › Conversation 338-032

Nixon & Woods on Personal staff

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 1:12 PM–1:17 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryConversation338-032 onTape 338 (tape position 01:31:22–01:31:34)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 1:12 PMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 1:17 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 338-032 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in the Old Executive Office Building. The discussion was informal and limited to a brief exchange regarding the weather. No significant administrative decisions, policy developments, or substantive official business were recorded during this brief encounter.

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On May 9, 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 1:12 pm and 1:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-032 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 338-32

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:12 and 1:17 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods (?).

     Meeting with the President
          -Weather

                                        (rev. Dec-01)
  • 024-058 12:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:31 pm.
  • 338-029 12:31 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:31 pm.
  • 338-030 12:31 PM · 38 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 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 338-031 12:37 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 024-059 12:56 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone from 12:56 pm to 12:58 pm.
  • 338-033 1:12 PM · 38 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 1:12 pm and 1:17 pm.
  • 338-034 1:12 PM · 3 min — 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 1:12 pm and 1:17 pm.
  • 338-035 1:17 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:17 pm to 2:00 pm.

Conversation 338-032, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/338-032 (accessed September 18, 2026).