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Nixon & Woods on Speech draft and Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 2:28 PM–2:42 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation566-011 on Tape 566 (tape position 02:43:25–02:44:23)StartTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 2:28 PMEndTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 2:42 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 566-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his secretary Rose Mary Woods briefly discussed the draft of an upcoming speech. Nixon requested a copy of the draft, which had been prepared by Raymond K. Price, Jr., to review it and potentially discuss revisions with Price. The immediate action item was for Woods to make a copy of the speech draft for the President.

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Position in tape: 02:43:25 – 02:44:23

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NARA Description

On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 566-11

Date: August 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:42 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     President's forthcoming speech
          -Draft
                 -Raymond K. Price, Jr.

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Woods[unintelligible] talk to Ray? We are just sitting waiting for you.
NixonOh, sure. I'm sorry. I—
WoodsNo, I didn't think you wanted to give it, you know, without you were—
NixonNo, I did, I did. Yeah.
WoodsOh, shoot.
NixonHe can go ahead.
WoodsAll right, well [unintelligible]
NixonWait a minute. Rose, give me that copy of it. Can you give me a copy of that and then, ah, because I want to give him a, see if he has anything in mind, you know, but I'll call you. Just give me, have you got an extra copy of the [unintelligible]?
WoodsYou've got that one there. Oh, no, that's Ray's.
NixonI don't need a clean one. An old one's all right.
WoodsI'll make you one right away.
NixonRight. I've only got this.
WoodsOh, yes, I'll go make you a Xerox and I can put his changes on it.
NixonWell, let me look, I'll look at it now and then I can call Ray, then we can take it, see?
WoodsOh, I see, yeah.
NixonRight, good.

Also recorded on August 17, 1971

  • 566-008 2:12 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 566-009 2:23 PM · 1 min — 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.
  • 008-025 2:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 566-010 2:25 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 008-120 2:28 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 566-012 2:42 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 566-013 2:45 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:55 pm.
  • 566-014 2:55 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:55 pm to 3:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 566-011, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/566-011 (accessed October 30, 2026).