{"conversationCode":"566-009","tapeNumber":566,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-566-009","startDateTime":"1971-08-17T18:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-17T18:25:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:23 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 566-9\n\nDate: August 17, 1971\nTime: 2:23 pm - 2:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n     Woods's schedule\n\n     President's forthcoming speech\n          -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n                 -William L. Safire\n\nWoods left at 2:25 pm.","filename":["566-009-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:31:03","tapeEnd":"02:32:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"566-008","nextCode":"566-010","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his secretary, Rose Mary Woods, briefly discussed Woods's upcoming travel to California and the finalization of a forthcoming speech. Nixon confirmed that a courier would handle transporting the speech draft, which was being worked on by Ray Price and William Safire. He intended to review the draft that evening and a final version on Thursday, potentially making further edits in California.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","Presidential travel","Speechwriting","Ray Price","William Safire","Draft review"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:00:25.807Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","presidential-travel","speechwriting","ray-price","william-safire","draft-review"],"audioDurationSec":84,"audioFiles":[{"file":"566-009-splice.mp3","bytes":2016907,"durationSec":84.01,"bitrate":192063,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:57.614Z","originalFilename":["566a.mp3","566b.mp3","566b_i.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["566b.mp3"],"cutStart":9061.5,"cutEnd":9145.5,"adjustedStart":9061.5,"adjustedEnd":9145.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:57.614Z"},"transcript":[{"start":9061.5,"end":9065.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"The only other thing I, Rose, when are you going to leave for California?"},{"start":9065.5,"end":9069.5,"speaker":"Woods","text":"Whenever you want me to, but I'd like to get out as soon as I can, Mr. President."},{"start":9069.5,"end":9071.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Leave on Thursday, or-"},{"start":9071.5,"end":9077.5,"speaker":"Woods","text":"Well, unless you need me Thursday, yeah. But you know, we don't have to carry your things. A courier can take care of your speech."},{"start":9077.5,"end":9084.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Courier take the speech. Ray Price's doing, Ray Price and Safire are working on it now, and I'll, and I want to see the draft tonight."},{"start":9084.5,"end":9085.5,"speaker":"Woods","text":"Tonight."},{"start":9085.5,"end":9092.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"And then they'll probably work tomorrow, and I'll see the final draft on Wednesday- on Thursday, and maybe wait till, work on it in California, see?"},{"start":9092.5,"end":9094.5,"speaker":"Woods","text":"Yes. Fine."},{"start":9094.5,"end":9096.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"You see?"},{"start":9096.5,"end":9099.5,"speaker":"Woods","text":"Fine. Fine, Mr. President."},{"start":9099.5,"end":9101.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Well, the other thing is-"},{"start":9101.5,"end":9123.5,"speaker":"Woods","text":"[unintelligible] I have somebody in Chicago who wants to take that little tape. I have to call you from there. It'll just be in between. Just say that to them."},{"start":9123.5,"end":9125.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Yeah. What is he doing?"},{"start":9125.5,"end":9145.5,"speaker":"Woods","text":"[unintelligible]"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":9063,"end":9144,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:51:34.012Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/566-009-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/566-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/566/conversation-566-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}