Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 614 › Conversation 614-011

Nixon & Woods on Indira Gandhi and White House state dinners

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 3:55 PM–4:02 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation614-011 on Tape 614 (tape position 00:54:28–00:56:10)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 3:55 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 4:02 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 614-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Rose Mary Woods discuss the guest list and planning for an upcoming state dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The conversation focuses on streamlining the invitee list, specifically regarding officials from the State Department, military representatives, and cabinet members like Elliot Richardson. Nixon emphasizes limiting the number of attendees to avoid unnecessary complications while managing the social protocol for the event.

Audio

Download MP3 · 2.9 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript is incomplete. The transcription skipped stretches of speech — roughly 1 minute of this recording (about 63% of it) is represented by only a few words. Listen to the audio rather than relying on the text below; a corrected transcript is queued.

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

· Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).
I want to know who suggested Jerry Smith.
She did not have a plan.
Yeah, I had a talk, incidentally, with Bob Holtman, and he totally agrees with you on the whole White House scandal.
And he said, well, I have to see if I have only one traffic officer tonight.
He said, we could have only one or two traffic officers from now on.
Yeah.
Right.
He said, Richardson and one more state department.
And also, you know, we need to cut the road down very early in the military.
Yeah.
No, but I don't want to now.
It doesn't do us any good.
I'd love, but I'll just have dinner with them sometime.
But we can cut another area off.
We can cut the others.
Out there, and go to go to your line.
You know what I mean?
Play it all over again.
One, that's all.
One more.
No more.
Okay.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 614-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 614-011

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     Forthcoming dinner for Indira Gandhi
          -Gerard C. Smith

     Guest lists for White House Dinners

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

            -The President's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                 -White House staff
                 -Cabinet
                       -Elliot L. Richardson
                 -Military

Also recorded on November 4, 1971

  • 013-121 3:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 300-016 3:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:47 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 300-017 3:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 614-009 3:55 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 614-010 3:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 013-122 4:02 PM · 1 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Kofi A. Busia, and Peter G. Peterson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:39 pm.
  • 614-012 4:02 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kofi A. Busia, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 4:48 pm.
  • 614-013 4:48 PM · 31 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:48 pm and 4:50 pm.

All 58 conversations from November 4, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 614-011, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/614-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).