Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 714 › Conversation 714-005

Nixon & Woods on Charles G. Rebozo and White House logistics

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 11:06 AM–11:08 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryConversation714-005 onTape 714 (tape position 02:26:40–02:30:09)StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:06 AMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:08 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 714-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate logistics for an upcoming social dinner and review his immediate schedule. The discussion focused on managing the guest list, including the attendance of Charles "Bebe" Rebozo, and planning a potential trip to Camp David with Tricia Nixon Cox and the First Lady. Nixon emphasized the need for careful communication with staff and associates regarding these arrangements to avoid administrative complications.

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2:26:36If you would, I'll, he's got problems with notification and all that sort of thing, you know, he's got a little on our, and not until, as far as Schultz is concerned, I'm not going to draw him to the day before, but not until the day before.
2:26:47Obviously, I've said nothing.
2:26:48And you, on the morning of the thing,
2:26:52And we'll tell the captain.
2:26:54We've got to call people like us.
2:26:55We will.
2:26:56I've got to call people like Billy Gray.
2:26:59He's got to know because so that they don't read the paper with such shock.
2:27:05But we can handle it well.
2:27:07Yes, I think we can handle it.
2:28:39and he doesn't want to push himself on coming up here.
2:28:43He has not really told them he's going to dinner tonight.
2:28:49Oh.
2:28:49No, I wanted to come.
2:28:51I need some relaxation.
2:28:52Well, that's what I thought.
2:28:53Yes, sir.
2:28:54Then he can come on up here.
2:28:55She's a young lady.
2:29:22Well, I know, I know.
2:29:22That's bad people because they've all been working.
2:29:27They have to work.
2:29:28But they have never reached.
2:29:30The Germans have never reached.
2:29:32They don't.
2:29:33But you're going to say that you were...
2:29:54But I'd like her, I told her the very first thing that Trisha wanted to see her last night, that she'd go out with me tonight, I kind of can't do it tomorrow.
2:30:05And I thought maybe that, maybe you might go out too, if you'd like.

NARA Description

On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 11:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 714-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 714-5

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: 11:06 am - 11:08 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     The President's schedule
          -Dinner
               -Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo's attendance
                      -Call to Woods

     Tricia Nixon Cox
           -Attendance at People's Republic of China [PRC] table tennis event at the University
           of Maryland
                -Reception by audience

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     The President's schedule
          -William P. Rogers
          -White House staff
                -PRC trip
          -Trip to Camp David
                -Tricia Nixon Cox
                -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                -Woods
                -Dinner
                -Rebozo
                -Departure time

Woods left at 11:08 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 714-005, April 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/714-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).