Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 786 › Conversation 786-004
Nixon & Woods on Speech writing and Editing
Monday, September 25, 1972 · 9:39 AM–9:56 AM ET · Oval Office · 47 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, met to discuss the formatting and finalization of a speech draft. The brief exchange focused on administrative instructions regarding indentation and editing procedures. The interaction concluded with the two sharing a brief toast before Woods departed the Oval Office.
- Speech writing
- White House administration
- Editing
- Rose Mary Woods
Audio
NARA Description
On September 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:39 am and 9:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 786-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 786-4
Date: September 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:39 am and 9:56 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Speech draft
-Indenting
Woods left at an unknown time before 9:56 am.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on September 25, 1972
- 786-001 9:08 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:14 am.
- 786-002 9:24 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:24 am to 9:39 am.
- 786-003 9:39 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:39 am and 9:56 am.
- 786-005 9:56 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 10:10 am.
- 786-006 10:10 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:27 am.
- 786-007 10:10 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:27 am.
- 786-008 10:10 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:27 am.
- 786-009 10:27 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:27 am to 10:44 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 786-004, September 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/786-004 (accessed November 2, 2026).