President Nixon consulted with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, regarding the official spelling of Chinese Premier Chou En-lai's name. The discussion focused on ensuring the accuracy of administrative correspondence or formal documentation involving high-level diplomatic figures. No other policy matters were addressed during this brief administrative interaction.
On June 28, 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 3:35 pm and 3:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 346-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 346-23
Date: June 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.
Spelling of Chou En-lai's nameNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.