Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 475 › Conversation 475-012
Nixon & Woods on Administrative Tasks and Cabinet Correspondence
Thursday, April 8, 1971 · 9:08 AM–9:13 AM ET · Oval Office · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, reviewed administrative tasks, including the organization of personal files and the ordering of letters for Cabinet members like John B. Connally and George H. W. Bush. They discussed logistical details regarding upcoming funeral arrangements for Paul W. Keyes and the scheduling of various presidential communications. Additionally, Woods provided an update on recent phone calls concerning the President's recent speech on Southeast Asia and coordinated the President's schedule with input from Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
- Administrative Tasks
- Cabinet Correspondence
- Presidential Schedule
- Southeast Asia Speech
- White House Operations
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NARA Description
On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 475-12
Date: April 8, 1971
Time: 9:08 am - 9:13 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[475-012-w001]
[Duration: 1m 29s]
Unknown little girl
-Stay at White House [?]
-Qualities
Filing materials
-Personal file
Unknown couple
-Schedule
-Departure
Photographs
Paul W. Keyes
-Cuff links
-Funeral
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Letters to Cabinet members
-John B. Connally
-George H. W. Bush
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Ordering letters
-Price
Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s call
-President’s schedule
-April 7, 1971
-Speech on Southeast Asia
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
Cabinet calls taken by Woods
-John N. Mitchell
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
-Rogers
-Robert J. Dole
Other calls regarding speech
-Freeman Gosden
-Health
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Paul W. Keyes
-Betty Calmer [?]
Speech
Woods left at 9:13 amAlso recorded on April 8, 1971
- 475-011 8:45 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:08 am.
- 475-013 9:13 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
- 475-014 9:13 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
- 475-015 9:13 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
- 475-016 9:18 AM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:18 am to 10:07 am.
- 475-017 10:07 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:20 am.
- 052-001 10:40 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Council on International Economic Policy, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Henry A. Kissinger, Carl J. Gilbert, David M. Kennedy, Rocco C. Siciliano, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, C. Fred Bergsten, and Peter G. Peterson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:40 am to 12:17 pm.
- 052-002 12:17 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 1:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 475-012, April 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/475-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).