President Nixon met with Rose Mary Woods and later H. R. Haldeman to coordinate various administrative tasks, scheduling matters, and public relations efforts. Discussions included the career status of labor mediator J. Curtis Counts, the logistics for upcoming presidential holiday appearances, and the scheduling of a meeting between John B. Connally and the President regarding the Cost of Living Council. Additionally, the participants reviewed personal correspondence and debated the nature of the modern presidency compared to previous administrations.
On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:27 am to 10:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 632-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 632-4
Date: December 8, 1971
Time: 10:27 am - 10:50 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
The President's schedule
-Dinners
-Ohio, Illinois, New York, California
-Entertainment for December 7, 1971 dinner
-Rita Reichman [?]
J[ames] Curtis Counts
-Talk with Woods
The President’s schedule
-Call from unknown person
The White House operator talked with the President at 10:28 am.
[Conversation No. 632-4A]
[See Conversation No. 16-42]
[End of telephone conversation]
Counts
-Offered presidency of Airco
-Location
-Checked with George P. Shultz and James D. Hodgson
-Other job offers
-Trucking
-Roger M. Blough Construction Company
-Mediator in labor strikes
-Counts’ effectiveness
-Options
-Presidential election of 1972
-Blough
-Location
-Unknown person
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[Personal Returnable]
[632-004-w001]
[Duration: 40s]
The President's meeting with Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Dinner
-Schedule
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-Talk with the President
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The President's television appearances
-Christmas 1971
-Freeman Gosden's views
-Possible outcome of the President’s speeches in front of students
-“Salute to the President” remarks
-Students
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[632-004-w002]
[Duration: 38s]
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[632-004-w002]
[Duration: 2m 58s]
Anthony T. (“Tony”) Rossi
-Fabric selection
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] trip
-People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Appointment
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Possibly after Azores trip
-Press conference
-The President's schedule
-New York
-December 11, 1971
-December 18, 1971
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Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Call to Woods
-Timing
-Unknown woman
-Willard W. Keith
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-New York
-Unknown woman
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[632-004-w003]
[Duration: 8s]
Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Health
-Delores (Reade) Hope
-Philip Dorn
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[632-004-w003]
[Duration: 7s]
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Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Letter from the President
-Hope
-Kalmbach
-Gosden
-Keith
-Gosden
-Kalmbach’s opinion
Allen Hoover
-Camp
-Possible letter from the President to Hope
[Letter dictated]
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 10:45 am.
John B. Connally's schedule
-Meeting with the President
-Time and day
-Cost of Living Council [COLC] meeting
-Timing of meeting
-President’s schedule
-French
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Paul A. Volcker
-Accompanying Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-Meetings with the French
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 10:50 am.
Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
-Call to the President
-Stock market
-International monetary situation
-December meetings
-Timing
Autographed photographs
-Football
Nixon look-alike actor
-Richard W. (“Dick”) Berlin
-Appearance
-Woods’ opinion
Envelopes
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Schedule
-Location
-Timing
-The President's forthcoming phone call
-White House Christmas decorations
-Upcoming Christmas television program
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[632-004-w004]
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[632-004-w004]
[Duration: 23s]
The President’s schedule
-The President’s opinion
-Nature of modern presidency
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The President’s schedule
-Entertainment
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-John F. Kennedy
-Eisenhower
-Dinners
-Guests
-World situation under previous presidents
-Amount of free time afforded to
-Individual games
-Golf and bridge
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The President’s clothing
-Lighter weaves
-Spring and summer
-Anthony T. (“Tony”) Rossi
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Woods left at 10:50 am.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.