Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 642 › Conversation 642-011
Nixon, Warren & Woods on Dan Rather and Media Relations
Monday, January 3, 1972 · 9:15 AM–9:19 AM ET · Oval Office · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Gerald L. Warren and Rose Mary Woods to assess the fallout and public reception of his recent televised interview with CBS correspondent Dan Rather. The participants reviewed Rather's confrontational tone and the specific subject matter covered, including the Vietnam War, POWs, and race relations. Nixon and Warren concluded that the interview was ultimately favorable for the President’s interests despite Rather's critical approach.
- Dan Rather
- Media Relations
- Vietnam War
- Television Interview
- Public Opinion
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NARA Description
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald L. Warren, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:15 am to 9:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 642-11
Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 9:15 am - 9:19 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Gerald L. Warren.
Greetings
[An unknown woman talked with the President at 9:15 am.]
[Conversation No. 642-11A]
Rose Mary Woods
-Location
[Woods talked with the President between 9:15 am and 9:17 am.]
Location
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's interview with Dan Rather, January 2, 1972
-Rather
-Tone
-Questions
-Television
-Possible delay tactics by the President
-Ending the war
-The President's response
-Rather's possible opinion
-Press
-Attendance
-Possible view
-Value
-The President's performance and responses
-Peace
-Timing
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Vietnam
-Omission of any questions concerning John B. Connally
-Question on race relations
-Differences
-Slavery
-Liberals' views
-The President's response
-Time
The President's schedule
-Warren's announcement
Warren left at 9:19 am.Also recorded on January 3, 1972
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- 642-010 9:07 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:14 am.
- 018-001 9:19 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am.
- 018-002 9:19 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:23 am.
- 642-012 9:19 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:19 am.
- 642-013 9:19 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:19 am.
- 642-014 9:19 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:19 am to 9:23 am.
- 642-015 9:25 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:25 am to 10:04 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 642-011, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/642-011 (accessed October 22, 2026).