Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 660 › Conversation 660-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, January 31, 1972 · 9:04 AM–9:23 AM ET · Oval Office ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation660-015 onTape 660 (tape position 03:47:16–04:02:45)StartMonday, January 31, 1972 at 9:04 AMEndMonday, January 31, 1972 at 9:23 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 660-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to address administrative tasks. The discussion focused primarily on matters involving Rose Mary Woods, the President's personal secretary. The encounter concluded shortly thereafter with the departure of the participant.

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NARA Description

On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 660-015
Date: January 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:04 am and 9:23 am
Location: Oval Office
Page | 47
White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President met with an unknown person.
Item for Rose Mary Woods
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:23 am.

Also recorded on January 31, 1972

  • 660-016 9:23 AM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:23 am to 10:34 am.
  • 660-017 10:34 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Benno C. Schmidt, R. Lee Clark, Robert A. Good, Elliot L. Richardson, James H. Cavanaugh, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 10:59 am.
  • 660-018 10:59 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am.
  • 660-019 10:59 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am.
  • 660-020 10:59 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am.
  • 660-021 11:03 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Joseph M. A. Luns, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:03 am to 11:54 am.
  • 661-001 1:28 PM · 1 hr 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Abraham A. Ribicoff, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:28 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 020-002 2:22 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 2:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 660-015, January 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/660-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).