Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 728 › Conversation 728-004

Nixon & Woods on Camp David and Henry Kissinger

Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 2:01 PM–2:04 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation728-004 on Tape 728 (tape position 00:23:52–00:25:42)StartTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 2:01 PMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 2:04 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 728-004 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to discuss logistical arrangements and his upcoming travel schedule. The brief conversation focused on his plans to visit Camp David, where he intended to meet with Henry Kissinger, as well as comments regarding poor weather conditions in Florida. The discussion remained administrative in nature, focusing on the President's immediate movements and personal itinerary.

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24:25Of course, I'm a home address in Washington.
24:29It'll work.
24:32It'll be fine, fine.
24:33Well, I'm going to go to Camp David, but just for tonight, maybe tomorrow.
24:39I play a show on the weather in Florida.
24:43But it rained and rained and rained.
24:46Everybody said so, you know.
24:49We picked up at the wrong time.
25:02It was such an unusual good morning, George.
25:04Unusual good.

On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 728-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 728-4

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:01 and 2:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 25-17]

     Greetings

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 40s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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     The President's schedule
          -Camp David
                -Henry A. Kissinger
          -Florida
                -Weather

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 9s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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Conversation 728-004, June 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/728-004 (accessed October 9, 2026).