{"conversationCode":"746-009","tapeNumber":746,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-746-009","startDateTime":"1972-07-01T15:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-01T15:07:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1972","startTime":"11:03 AM","endDate":"1-Jul-1972","endTime":"11:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; White House operator;","description":"On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:03 am to 11:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 746-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 746-9\n\nDate: July 1, 1972\nTime: 11:03 am - 11:07 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n      The President’s schedule\n\n          -Briefcase\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 31s        ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     John N. Mitchell’s resignation\n          -Informing people\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:03 am and\n11:07 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 746-9A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 26-57]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     Mitchell's resignation\n         -Informing people\n                 -Ronald W. Reagan\n\n     Reagan\n         -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger\n               -The President’s forthcoming call to Reagan\n         -October 1971 trip to Asia\n               -Value\n         -Trip to Europe\n               -Walter H. Annenberg\n               -Value\n\nWoods left at 11:07 am.","filename":["746-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","White House operator"],"prevCode":"746-008","nextCode":"746-010","transcript":[{"start":1.61,"end":5.27,"text":"I just want to make sure."},{"start":5.33,"end":5.54,"text":"Good."},{"start":40.58,"end":41.99,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":42.03,"end":42.91,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":44.28,"end":45.96,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":46.14,"end":48.06,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":48.1,"end":48.4,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":76.8,"end":78.31,"text":"I know, but today..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate the communication of John N. Mitchell’s resignation. During a brief telephone exchange, Nixon arranged to call Ronald Reagan to discuss the resignation, as well as the strategic value of Reagan's previous trips to Asia and Europe. The discussion prioritized the management of political messaging regarding Mitchell's departure and outreach to key figures like Reagan.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Resignation","Ronald Reagan","Public Relations","Presidential Schedule","Foreign Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:46:38.897Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","resignation","ronald-reagan","public-relations","presidential-schedule","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":105,"audioFiles":[{"file":"746-009.mp3","bytes":2525308,"durationSec":105.15,"bitrate":192136,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:26.611Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/746-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/746-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/746/conversation-746-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}