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Nixon & Woods on Presidential correspondence and Document management

Friday, March 12, 1971 · 8:46 AM–8:47 AM ET · Oval Office ·30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryConversation467-007 onTape 467 (tape position 00:16:26–00:17:18)StartFriday, March 12, 1971 at 8:46 AMEndFriday, March 12, 1971 at 8:47 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 467-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the delivery and review process for materials designated for the President's reading. Nixon instructs Woods to arrange for the documents to be sent via courier to his location rather than bringing them to the Oval Office. This brief exchange establishes the logistical plan for the President to review these materials while traveling on an airplane.

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I don't know if you want to take any S.I.I.s along or if you just want to sit here and sit down.
There's nothing I have to do in this office.
So you might want to just drop by and read them and come back sometime.
Why don't you just send them along?
I'll send them down by a courier, please.
No, no, no, no.
Send them along, but put them in a room.
Yes, yes, yes.
I'm going to send them along on the airplane at night.
I have to look at them when I get it done.
All right.

NARA Description

On March 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:46 am to 8:47 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 467-7

Date: March 12, 1971
Time: 8:46 am - 8:47 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods

     Materials for President’s reading
          -Delivery

Woods left at 8:47 am

Also recorded on March 12, 1971

  • 467-001 8:15 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:15 am.
  • 467-004 8:19 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:19 am to 8:20 am.
  • 467-005 8:20 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and John W. Vogt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:32 am.
  • 467-006 8:45 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:45 am.
  • 467-008 8:47 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:47 am.
  • 467-009 8:48 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:48 am.
  • 467-010 8:48 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:48 am to 8:51 am.
  • 467-011 8:51 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:51 am to 9:01 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 467-007, March 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).