Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 6 › Conversation 006-018

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Tuesday, June 29, 1971 · 9:07 AM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation006-018 onTape 6 (tape position 00:14:29–00:14:35)StartTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 9:07 AMEndTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 9:07 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief communication served a purely administrative purpose to facilitate an immediate follow-up conversation between the two. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Miss Woods, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-18

Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 9:07 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 530-3F]

     Call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on June 29, 1971

  • 006-012 8:32 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am.
  • 530-002 8:32 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am.
  • 006-013 8:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 8:42 am to 8:44 am.
  • 006-014 8:45 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:45 am.
  • 006-015 8:46 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 8:46 am to 8:47 am.
  • 006-016 8:47 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:47 am and 9:03 am.
  • 006-017 9:03 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alvin E. O???Kinski talked on the telephone from 9:03 am to 9:06 am.
  • 006-019 9:08 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 9:08 am to 9:09 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-018, June 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-018 (accessed September 18, 2026).