Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-007
Kaplow, Woods & Sanchez on White House Social Affairs
Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 12:20 PM–12:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 17 min
AI Summary
In this Oval Office meeting, Rose Mary Woods briefs President Nixon on various administrative matters, including his upcoming travel schedule to California and New York. The conversation also touches upon social arrangements, specifically managing house guests and visitors during the holiday season. The President additionally holds a brief telephone call with Mrs. Betty Kaplow to offer condolences regarding her father's death.
- Scheduling
- White House Social Affairs
- Personal Correspondence
- Condolences
- Travel
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NARA Description
On November 23, 1971, Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, and Herbert E. Kaplow met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 623-007
Date: November 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:34 pm
Location: Oval Office
Rose Mary Woods met with an unknown person.
Thanks
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.
The President entered at an unknown time after 12:20 pm.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Woods's schedule
-California
Mrs. Herbert E. [Betty (Koplow)] Kaplow
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and
12:30 pm.
[Conversation No. 623-7A]
[See Conversation No. 15-115]
[End of telephone conversation]
Mrs. Kaplow
Letter from chairman of Bausch & Lomb
-Picture of President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon in San Clemente
[Unintelligible name]
Letter from Arthur F. Burns
-Letter from Gustave L. Levy
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/10/2019. 6m
9s segment cleared for release. 6m 22s remain closed as 623-007-w002.]
[Personal Returnable]
[623-007-w002]
[Duration: 6m 9s]
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-Helene (Colesie) Drown
-Mother
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President's schedule
-November 27, 1971
-Dedication of Eisenhower Medical Center
-Jack Drown and Helene (Colesie) Drown
-Dinner and a movie
-Walter R. Tkach
Betty Ryan
-Ray [surname unknown]
Helene (Colesie) Drown
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s opinion
-Conversation with Rose Mary Woods
-Tricia Nixon Cox
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[623-007-w002]
[Duration: 6m 22s]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:20 pm.
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Dedication of Eisenhower Medical Center
-Guests
-Jack Drown and Helene (Colesie) Drown
-Overnight stay
-Roger E. Johnson and Louise Johnson
-Mamie G. D. Eisenhower
-Transportation logistics
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Helene (Colesie) Drown
-The President's views
-Visits to Camp David
-Rose Mary Woods’s opinion
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The President’s schedule
-December 18 and 19, 1971
-Forthcoming trip to New York
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/10/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[623-007-w003]
[Duration: 31s]
The President’s schedule
-Future plans
-November 24, 1971
-Return from California
-Florida trip
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The President talked with Mrs. Kaplow between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm.
[Conversation No. 623-7B]
[See Conversation No. 15-116]
Woods left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[End of telephone conversation]Also recorded on November 23, 1971
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- 015-113 11:47 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:56 am.
- 623-006 11:47 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Chalmers P. Wylie met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:47 am to 12:20 pm.
- 015-114 11:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:58 am.
- 015-115 12:20 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 015-116 12:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert E. Kaplow talked on the telephone from 12:30 pm to 12:34 pm.
- 623-008 12:34 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 1:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 623-007, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-007 (accessed October 1, 2026).