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Nixon & Woods on State dinner and Guest list management

Tuesday, March 21, 1972 · 7:00 PM–7:04 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation691-008 on Tape 691 (tape position 02:46:00–02:55:21)StartTuesday, March 21, 1972 at 7:00 PMEndTuesday, March 21, 1972 at 7:04 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 691-008 ↗

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President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, reviewed the guest list and logistical arrangements for an upcoming state dinner honoring Turkish Prime Minister Nihat Erim. The discussion focused on confirming attendance for various prominent figures, including Max M. Fisher and Del E. Webb, while addressing potential issues regarding missing invitations. The pair specifically noted the delivery status of an invitation intended for O.J. Simpson and evaluated the influence of various contributors on the guest selection process.

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He had a facial that was pretty tight.
I don't know if he had anything, but this is one of his sorry answers, right?
Yeah.
Sorry he asked me to say that he had no idea what I was doing for that.
Yeah.
Are we having a board for him?
Yeah.
I think if he does come through or something, I'll drop him.
I'm not sure.
You know what he did?
Well, they pushed to let him and Max Fisher come.
They had a long after.
They were just invited Friday.
How?
My expression to him.
Well, those are all the people that are destroyed.
God, here it is.
It is, but it ought to be destroyed.
Still, sir, it feels hopeless.
Ah, sir, even in that place of...
Oh, why don't you tell them?
Yeah, why don't you start to tell them?
You tell them.
They're aware.
They're aware.
That's it.
That's closing, Scott.
I'm certain, Colton, I have the most to recommend to these people.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
The one football player, OJ, couldn't get his invitation.
He would have gone back and made calls to try to find out why he hadn't received our answer.
We're in the mail.
The man who made the career change, I thought, he doesn't receive it yet.
How do you know?
It just happens, you know, sometimes it happens.
I don't have any description of it.
Do you have a what?
A package that was sent to me.
I wonder if somebody sold it somewhere else.
Just sold it.
Sometimes they do, yeah.

NARA Description

On March 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:00 pm to 7:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 691-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 691-8

Date: March 21, 1972
Time: 7:00 pm - 7:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     The President’s forthcoming state dinner for Nihat Erim
          -Marjorie P. Acker [?]
          -Henry E. Ford II
               -Contribution
                      -Hubert H. Humphrey
          -Max M. Fisher
          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
          -Gale E. Sayers
          -Lowell C. Wadmond
          -Del E. Webb
               -Charles W. Colson
          -Max von Schrader
          -Webb
               -Contributions
          -O[renthal] J[ames] Simpson
               -Delivery of invitation

Woods left at 7:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 691-008, March 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/691-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).