Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 346 › Conversation 346-025

Nixon & Woods on Chou En-lai and Henry Kissinger

Wednesday, June 28, 1972 · 3:35 PM–3:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 31 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation346-025 on Tape 346 (tape position 03:44:55–03:45:23)StartWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 3:35 PMEndWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 3:54 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 346-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed Rose Mary Woods to deliver a letter intended for Chou En-lai to Henry Kissinger, indicating a change in its intended recipient or handling. The conversation focused on the secure transmission of this sensitive correspondence.

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Position in tape: 03:44:55 – 03:45:23

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NARA Description

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 346-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 346-25

Date: June 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     Sealing of letter to Chou En-lai

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NixonYou take that to Rose and tell her that it goes to the, the letter goes to Kissinger, this doesn't.

Also recorded on June 28, 1972

  • 026-049 3:34 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 346-019 3:34 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 346-020 3:35 PM · 1 min — 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 3:35 pm and 3:54 pm.
  • 346-021 3:35 PM · 31 sec — 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.
  • 346-022 3:35 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 3:35 pm and 3:54 pm.
  • 346-023 3:35 PM · 1 min — 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.
  • 346-024 3:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:54 pm.
  • 346-026 3:35 PM · 13 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 3:35 pm and 3:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 346-025, June 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/346-025 (accessed November 14, 2026).