Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 518 › Conversation 518-001

Nixon & Woods on Administrative tasks and Oval Office operations

Saturday, June 12, 1971 · 10:20 AM–10:23 AM ET · Oval Office ·3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryConversation518-001 onTape 518 (tape position 00:02:29–00:05:29)StartSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 10:20 AMEndSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 10:23 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 518-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, for a brief administrative consultation in the Oval Office. While no transcript exists to detail the specific content, such meetings typically involved coordinating the President's private schedule, managing confidential correspondence, or handling sensitive personal files. No major policy developments were recorded during this brief three-minute interaction.

Audio

Download MP3 · 6.3 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:20 am to 10:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 518-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 518-1

Date: June 12, 1971
Time: 10:20 am - 10:23 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on June 12, 1971

  • 005-019 10:16 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:17 am.
  • 518-004 10:16 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:17 am.
  • 518-002 10:23 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 10:25 am.
  • 518-003 10:32 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:32 am to 11:11 am.
  • 005-020 11:17 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:17 am to 11:19 am.
  • 518-005 11:17 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:17 am to 11:19 am.
  • 518-006 11:19 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:50 am.
  • 518-007 11:50 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:12 pm.

All 27 conversations from June 12, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 518-001, June 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/518-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).