Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 618 › Conversation 618-018

Nixon & Woods on Record management and Personal correspondence

Monday, November 15, 1971 · 11:07 AM–11:10 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; White House operatorConversation618-018 on Tape 618 (tape position 02:59:15–03:01:38)StartMonday, November 15, 1971 at 11:07 AMEndMonday, November 15, 1971 at 11:10 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 618-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate administrative tasks regarding the filing and transcription of personal recordings and presidential notes. The discussion also addressed a forthcoming television appearance by Julie Nixon Eisenhower and the President’s reflections on her teaching career and recent injury. The meeting concluded with a brief administrative call placed by the President to the White House operator.

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Some of my notes, you know, groups of those, I have quite a few that I just, you know what they do, you just file away.

That's right.

Also, there will be time and I'll have a few little tapes that I don't want to run off.

You've got to have two or three of those and you can take them.

Now, they are preservable, are they not?

They do not.

So there's no problem in having to transcribe it?

No.

All right, we'll work it out then.

Now we keep all these things, you know, completely separate.

We can take those.

I'll just put our personal and send it in to you.

I read a picture of, uh...

The rest of us did.

She looked so lovely.

That's gonna be on television tonight.

That show.

I could hear it if you were awake, you know, if you're out in town.

The old man, I know, you know, she was in the front row on the 10th.

She just looked, she looked so lovely.

Oh, my, she's amazing.

She's amazing.

I think, you know, as we were out there, that was, that was, there was, rather than teaching that miserable man in school and having to fight with those kids and mothers, it also hurt.

NARA Description

On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 618-18

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: 11:07 am - 11:10 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     The President's notes
          -Filing
          -Tapes
                -Transcription

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower
           -Photograph
           -Forthcoming television program

The President talked with the White House operator at 11:09 am.

[Conversation No. 618-18A]

[See Conversation No. 14-103]

[End of telephone conversation]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/01/2023.
31s segment cleared for release. 6s remain closed as 618-018-w001.]
[Personal Returnable]
[618-018-w001]
[Duration: 6s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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[Personal Returnable]
[618-018-w001]
[Duration: 31s]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower
           -The President’s visit to California
                -Foot injury
           -Teaching career
                -The President’s opinion

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Woods left at 11:10 am.

Also recorded on November 15, 1971

618-013 10:24 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:24 am to 11:01 am.
618-014 11:01 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:02 am.
618-015 11:02 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:04 am.
618-016 11:02 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:04 am.
618-017 11:04 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:05 am.
014-103 11:09 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:09 am.
014-104 11:10 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:23 am.
618-019 11:10 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 12:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 618-018, November 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).