Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 689 › Conversation 689-001

Nixon & Woods on White House social events and Guest lists

Monday, March 20, 1972 · 8:50 AM–8:56 AM ET · Oval Office · 6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation689-001 on Tape 689StartMonday, March 20, 1972 at 8:50 AMEndMonday, March 20, 1972 at 8:56 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 689-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, review administrative correspondence regarding a letter from a school class and discuss the guest list and scheduling for an upcoming White House dinner. The President specifies his desired attendees, including prominent political and social figures such as Nelson Rockefeller and John Connally, while finalizing the event's timing. Nixon emphasizes the importance of confirming the availability of key guests to ensure the dinner proceeds as planned.

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The little kid who was out of church gave me a letter from his class.

All the kids sang it.

And the mail for people were parallel.

I don't think.

Well, you may not.

I mean, he didn't.

I don't know where you can put his name.

Yeah, he did his national.

I, uh, wish that, uh,

All right.

on, uh, the 30th.

That's Thursday.

Let's see.

That's, uh...

Uh, first, be sure to check to see whether she, um, whether Mrs. Longwood had come.

this small dinner experience and here's that visitor i want him there he just checked his office here

We want the John Collins, the Nelson-Macaforas, the Wolden-Lewises, and the Joseph Alston.

That's 12.

And the

If one of the couples can't come, the marriage is on.

Thank you.

That's upstairs in the project, 7.30 to 5.00.

7.30 to 5.00, yeah.

Make it Thursday, that means that I will have the week done pretty well.

I have to stay here that weekend anyway.

Do you think people will be going away to the nursing home?

I don't know.

It'll take a long weekend, they will be.

It's Friday, so...

Not everyone.

Yeah.

Well, Megan Lindsay is safer than Megan Lindsay.

Oh yeah, not that kind of thing.

NARA Description

On March 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 8:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 689-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 689-1

Date: March 20, 1972
Time: 8:50 am - 8:56 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     Letters and memoranda for the file

     Letter
           -Child at White House church service
                -Classmates signatures
           -The President's response

An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 8:56 am.

     Forthcoming White House dinner

     [No conversation]

          -Alice Roosevelt Longworth
          -Date
          -Participants
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                     -Acapulco
                -Mr. and Mrs. John B. Connally
                -Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
                -Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
                -Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop
                -Mr. and Mrs. J. Willard Marriott
          -Date and time
                -The President’s schedule
                -Other individuals' schedule
                -Change

Woods left.

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689-004 2:47 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:50 pm.
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096-001 3:38 PM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics Control, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, Earl L. Butz, George H. W. Bush, Richard G. Kleindienst, Richard M. Helms, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Myles J. Ambrose, Nelson G. Gross, John E. ("Jack") Ingersoll, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Geoffrey C. Shepard, and Walter Minnick, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:38 pm to 4:48 pm.
689-008 3:38 PM · 4 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:38 pm and 4:48 pm.
689-006 4:48 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard M. Helms, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:48 pm to 5:14 pm.
689-007 5:14 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:14 pm to 5:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 689-001, March 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/689-001 (accessed October 3, 2026).