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Conversation 559-019

TapeTape 559StartTuesday, August 10, 1971 at 2:46 PMEndTuesday, August 10, 1971 at 2:59 PMTape start time02:59:10Tape end time03:01:40ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryRecording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon dictates a letter to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, addressed to Senator Norris Cotton regarding a recent trip to New Hampshire. The conversation shifts to a discussion about a recent White House church service and the President's explicit refusal to cooperate with the New York Times. Nixon expresses clear resentment toward the newspaper, emphasizing that his staff was instructed to avoid assisting them with their reporting.

Norris CottonNew York TimesWhite House church servicemedia relationscorrespondence
AudioNARA Description

On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 559-19

Date: August 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:46 pm and 2:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     Letter dictation
           -Norris Cotton
                 -President’s trip to New Hampshire

     Cotton

     White House church service
          -New York Times
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hi, Rose.
On that, uh, on the new record, uh, Reverend Milton Norris Cotton.
Say, dear Norris, uh, many thanks for your statement about my welcome to the nation.
Uh, heard violent your gun's exclamation point.
Sincerely, R.N.
Okay.
He's all right.
He's all right.
He's all right.
He's all right.
He knows pretty good.
He really does.
He's all right.
He's all right.
He's all right.
Nobody did really try to operate.
He just probably scrounged around on a picture here and there.
But at least I was very glad to see that our people were honest to see what it is to try to help New York Times in such an article.
They did.
That's the point.
I told them time and again not to.
So I just couldn't get that out of the way.
But I don't think anybody else did.
I just didn't want, I don't care if it was moving or if it was possible, I didn't want to cooperate with the New York Times on something, you know, because they are not there to help us.
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