Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 352 › Conversation 352-023
Nixon & Woods on Personal Matters and Executive Office Building
Wednesday, August 2, 1972 · 2:36 PM–2:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle private administrative matters. The brief encounter consisted primarily of a personal exchange, categorized as a withdrawn item, which precluded the recording of substantive policy discussions. No official actions or developments were documented as a result of this brief, private meeting.
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NARA Description
On August 2, 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 2:36 pm and 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 352-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 352-23 Date: August 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm and 2:53 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person (Rose Mary Woods?). ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on August 2, 1972
- 352-017 1:19 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 2:33 pm.
- 352-018 1:19 PM · 6 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 1:19 pm and 2:33 pm.
- 028-045 2:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:33 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 352-022 2:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:33 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 028-046 2:36 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on August 2, 1972 and 8:10 pm on August 3, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 352-024 2:36 PM · 11 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 2:36 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 352-025 2:36 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 352-026 2:53 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, Marjorie P. Acker, Stephen B. Bull, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 5:36 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 352-023, August 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/352-023 (accessed October 1, 2026).