Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 756 › Conversation 756-015

Nixon & Woods on Social engagements and Elmer H. Bobst

Friday, July 28, 1972 · 1:00 PM–1:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation756-015 on Tape 756StartFriday, July 28, 1972 at 1:00 PMEndFriday, July 28, 1972 at 1:10 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 756-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181617 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, met to coordinate scheduling details for upcoming social engagements and official travel. The discussion encompassed logistical planning for helicopter travel, a potential dinner with Elmer H. Bobst, and various personal social arrangements involving the President and First Lady. Additionally, the pair touched upon matters relating to the President’s associates and the personal demeanor of staff members such as Dr. Walter R. Tkach.

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NARA Description

On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 756-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 756-15

Date: July 28, 1972
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 11/01/2022.]
[Personal Returnable]
[756-015-w001]
[Duration: 4m 45s]

      George [last name unknown]
          -The President’s conversation with David J. Mahoney
          -Message from the President
                 -Anniversary of immigration to the US
          -Age

      Elmer H. Bobst
          -Letter to Rose Mary Woods
                -Spiro T. Agnew
          -Rose Mary Woods’ schedule
                -Potential July 30, 1972 dinner with Elmer H. Bobst

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      The President's schedule
           -Golf
                 -Woods’s schedule
                       -Dinner, July 27, 1972
                 -George Meany
           -[Camp David]
                 -Woods’s schedule

                     -Helicopter
                -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                     -Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Johnson
                         -Dinner
                -Gen. Walter R. Tkach

     Tkach
         -Demeanor
             -Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
             -Social life
                   -Woods’s conversation with Raymond K. Price, Jr.[?]
                   -Helene (Colesie) Drown

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/03/2022.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[756-015-w003]
[Duration: 1m 27s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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Woods left at 1:10 pm.

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Well, we will see you tonight on the helicopter we will leave here at 7 o'clock.
And I invited them.
I guess I had been on and off.
I never had the chance.
And that's why you said you did not want them.
You did not call them this morning.
But they may or may not have been home.
So six days later, I invited a caution.
I saw the caution, and when I saw it around, I seemed to be a little nervous or something.
You know, the poor guy, I think partly what, you know, he's so nice to everyone, and there are about 57 widows.
Like Rachel, you know, like even Elaine, everybody just lines up widows and chases.
He says, I don't see burning humans.

Also recorded on July 28, 1972

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  • 028-010 12:28 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 2:08 pm.
  • 756-012 12:29 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David J. Mahoney, Jr., Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 756-013 12:55 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 756-014 12:55 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 756-016 1:10 PM · 20 sec — Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 756-017 1:10 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 756-015, July 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181617). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/756-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).