Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 390 › Conversation 390-017
Nixon & Woods on 1972 campaign and Health policy
Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 6:38 PM–6:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 40 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, met to discuss final preparations for a scheduled radio address regarding national health policy. They reviewed specific changes to the script and addressed the logistical handling of the press copies for the upcoming broadcast. The conversation served to ensure the speech materials were finalized and ready for distribution prior to the President’s campaign engagement.
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NARA Description
On November 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 390-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 390-17
Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
1972 campaign
-The President’s radio address on health policy
-Changes
-Press copy
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift
*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 2, 1972
- 032-154 6:00 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:04 pm.
- 390-015 6:38 PM · 18 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 390-016 6:38 PM · 14 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 390-018 6:38 PM · 1 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 390-019 6:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:50 pm to 6:55 pm.
- 032-155 6:57 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:57 pm.
- 032-156 6:57 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:57 pm and 7:02 pm.
- 390-020 6:57 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 390-017, November 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/390-017 (accessed October 22, 2026).