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Conversation 759-008

TapeTape 759StartWednesday, August 2, 1972 at 11:47 AMEndWednesday, August 2, 1972 at 12:33 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryRecording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discussed various administrative and political matters, including the handling of a note for Hubert Humphrey and the vetting of potential guests for the Republican National Convention. Woods expressed concerns regarding the attendance of individuals linked to the unfolding Watergate scandal, specifically recommending the exclusion of Robert C. Odle, Jr. from the President’s box. The pair also addressed the logistics of a sensitive CIA report, domestic remodeling projects, and the handling of personal gifts.

WatergateRepublican National ConventionRose Mary WoodsCIAHubert HumphreyPersonnel vetting
AudioNARA Description

On August 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 12:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 759-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 759-8

Date: August 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:47 am and 12:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

            Woods's appearance

            Camp David
               -Movie projector operator
                   -Forthcoming certificate from the President

            Handwritten note from the President
               -Hubert H. Humphrey
               -Timing of delivery

                                      (rev. Nov-03)

                   -Dwayne Andreas
                   -Humphrey

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 12s     ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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          Potential invitees with possible Watergate involvement
              -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
              -Robert C. Odle, Jr.
                   -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                   -Tricia Nixon Cox
                   -Possibility of attendance in the President's box
                        -Republican National Convention
                   -Haldeman
              -Possible indictments
              -Committee to Re-elect the President

          Remodeling of kitchen

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 57s     ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

                                      (rev. Nov-03)

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            Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] report
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                -Woods’s forthcoming conversation with an unknown person [Richard M.
                Helms?]
                     -John D. Ehrlichman
                -Seizure of opium

            Kitchen remodeling
                -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

            Letter from Donald McI. Kendall

            Woods's schedule
               -Previous conversation with Harvey J. McFarland
                    -Picton, Ontario
                    -Gifts
                         -Cufflinks
                         -Ashtray
                         -Cufflinks
                         -Money clip
                         -Cheese
                             -Spoilage
                                  -San Clemente
                         -Crown Royal
                    -Possible meeting with the President

Woods left at an unknown time before 12:33 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

I didn't comb it up yesterday.
I don't know if Humphrey wasn't there, maybe.
Yeah, because Humphrey said that.
Maybe he just said that.
Humphrey called him after that.
I don't know if he called him last year.
Maybe he meant that he had it since he had talked to Andrews last night.
I could give you a date.
No, it went immediately.
I don't care about that.
I think it came back and was delivered or something.
Well, I didn't have any doubt about it, except that I thought that maybe it was delivered or something.
No, no, it went out immediately.
And I think one name they put in it, I was like, maybe I shouldn't bother about this, but you continually hear rumors about who, unless an indirectly director was involved in that stupidity of the National Committee.
One name that I've heard who might be involved is Rob Oden.
Is he over there?
No, he's over there.
Now, he is also someone that either Julie or Trish, I suppose Trish doesn't know, he was at their wedding.
If there is even the slightest suspicion that he could be involved, he should never be in your box at the convention.
And I don't know who to say that to.
Not mentioned at all.
He knows it was Jim.
I don't think that he used to get called or that sort of thing.
Well, they're questioning everybody, I think.
But I just want to see why I'm saying that.
Well, I mean, it's the night of the weapons.
That's what you mean.
They're questioning everybody.
That's the question.
They're attacking people.
Okay, well, see, I just don't know what's trying to protect.
I wouldn't want anyone who was called who was maybe trying to be indicted to be in your box.
That's right.
Well, there's no object in that box.
There's no object in that box.
There's no object in that box.
There are a couple of set-point eye things and the kitchen thing here.
Your kitchen, the remodeling of the kitchen.
That we might like to look at.
This is the C.I.A.
report that he gave to you because of its sensitive nature.
Because I can't report to you, this is to you directly because of the unusual vulnerability of the sources involved.
You want me to just call him back and say that he's dead?
Okay.
Okay.
Did we ever get anything?
I don't know.
I thought we did.
I thought we did get anything.
Maybe an ashtray or a couplet or a money clipper, really.
Well, I would say that I do both.
He came down to the National Committee to give his annual money clip.
Well, I don't give him money.
I give him money, but couplets and an ashtray, because he's not enough cheese to buy all that stuff for us.
Then you've got the water.
That's what he brought in to me.
But I'm not going to let him see it.
He brought it in to me.
His name is Knox.
And they didn't throw that out.
That jelly was spoiled.
Did that come in?
It was.
Sure.
It went over to your house and it looked like it was on fire.
They put it in some kind of plastic bag or something like that.
But don't give this cheese beetroot out because it's good.
I've got it in my house.
And I don't give you all the crowns or anything.
That's right.
We can get that in there.
I told him, I just left.
I told him that he would go in here.
Well, if he's still out there, I could accept that.
I could bring him in and shake hands and have the kids right here.
If he's still there, I will.
I'll get the kids and put them in there.
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