Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 426 › Conversation 426-006

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Rose Mary Woods

Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 4:45 PM–4:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation426-006 on Tape 426StartThursday, March 29, 1973 at 4:45 PMEndThursday, March 29, 1973 at 4:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 426-006 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Executive Office Building. The primary purpose of the encounter was for the President to request that his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, join him. The meeting concluded shortly thereafter, with the participant departing the office within minutes.

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On March 29, 1973, 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 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 426-6

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

       Request that Rose Mary Woods be asked to join him

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:53 pm.
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  • 044-072 4:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm.
  • 044-073 4:53 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:53 pm.
  • 044-074 4:53 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:11 pm.
  • 426-007 4:53 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:53 pm.
  • 426-008 4:55 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:55 pm to 5:10 pm.
  • 426-009 5:10 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm.
  • 044-075 5:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:13 pm.

Conversation 426-006, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-006 (accessed October 1, 2026).