Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 751 › Conversation 751-001

Nixon & Woods on Bohemian Grove and George McGovern

Monday, July 24, 1972 · 9:10 AM–10:14 AM ET · Oval Office ·11 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation751-001 onTape 751StartMonday, July 24, 1972 at 9:10 AMEndMonday, July 24, 1972 at 10:14 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 751-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, met to discuss personal administrative tasks, including drafting a message for the Bohemian Grove "Cave Man" camp. They transitioned into an informal discussion regarding current political figures and media coverage, specifically critiquing George McGovern's public persona and recent press profiles. The conversation concluded with updates on social engagements and minor personnel matters concerning associates like Jane Brumley and Clark MacGregor.

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I forgot to tell you, we forgot to, we didn't send a message.

You should.

I've got the name in there, but I can't think of it right now.

It's not Swain.

Could be.

There is a Swain.

Well, I...

I don't know.

From the slaughtering heat of Washington to the coup

I said, hold my cabbie.

to see you all again in Bohemia.

This is ironical.

It is high iron.

Not working.

Delay that.

Four more here.

And instead of saying, rather than the guests up above, take it out there, you will say, excuse me, best wishes for all of our guests.

Thank you.

It was almost herpes.

Somebody told me, they're crying.

In all the years I've been a candidate, 60, 68, and so forth.

I mean, anybody that ever read about me said they were, even in Chicago Tribune, you know, we know our best writers don't do that.

They shouldn't.

Well, I tell you, I didn't read it because I looked at the picture.

You didn't see the picture, and you have looked, though, as a boy.

It really looks like what he turned out to be in my mind, a queer.

He's so sissy-fied.

It was on the front page of the paper, I think.

I didn't really read much of the paper after I saw it.

That's what it is.

And the star is round, and that's ethereal.

It's going to be etherealized.

I don't know how many... And the picture, it was thickness to me.

It just looks like a little boy's beard.

He almost has a little bit of a lisp.

It's not a lisp, but it's the way a lot of the...

I know too many of these people, and some of them are very nice, but...

He has an awful lot of manners.

There's a comic that was put in yesterday.

Yeah, I saw it.

I got a phone call with Lilo, and so this is part of it, but he does come across so strong, so.

He knows how to answer those questions.

Mm-hmm.

He leaves no doubt about what he means.

Yeah.

And he looks very good.

He looks very good.

He looks good.

He's got such a good manner.

Incidentally, I called up Jane Burnley, I would say, because she got married Saturday.

Good, she got married.

Oh, there is another item.

Sorry, I didn't know I forgot.

I didn't know I forgot.

This was out three years ago.

We went to that party in honor of Barbara and Clark McGregor's party.

And Paul Rogers is there.

And I've known myself about 18 years now.

And he stood up.

A couple of people had toasted them.

And then at the end, he stood up to Clark and said, I wish you success.

But he's always been like that.

NARA Description

On July 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 10:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 751-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 751-1

Date: July 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:10 am and 10:14 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     Filing

     Bohemian Grove
         -Message from the President
              -The President’s camp [Cave Man camp]
                   -Captain
                       -Allan Hoover
                       -Robert C. Swain
              -Content and phraseology
                   -Washington, DC

The President left and re-entered at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 10:14 am.

                     -Cave Man

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 4s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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     George S. McGovern
         -Youth
               -Washington Star article
                    -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                    -Series
         -Press coverage of the President

                                      (rev. Mar-02)

               -The President’s candidacy in 1960, 1968
               -Chicago Tribune
          -Biography
               -Photograph
                     -Woods’s view
          -Biography by Robert S. Anson
               -Serialization by Washington Star
               -Photograph
                     -Woods’s view
          -The President’s and Woods’s view

     John B. Connally
          -Press conference, July 23, 1972
                -Unknown person's call to Woods
          -Appearance

     Jane Brumley
          -Husband, Frank N. Ikard
               -Background
                    -American Petroleum Institute
                    -Previous wife

     Party July 22, 1972 for Barbara and Clark MacGregor
          -Woods’s attendance
          -Paul G. Rogers
                -Relationship to Woods

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 8m 56s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

*****************************************************************

Woods left at an unknown time before 10:14 am.

                                       (rev. Mar-02)

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 751-001, July 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/751-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).