Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 799 › Conversation 799-003

Nixon & Woods on Henry Kissinger and Presidential agenda

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 8:30 AM–8:34 AM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation799-003 on Tape 799StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 8:30 AMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 8:34 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 799-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181803 ↗

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On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 799-3

Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:30 am and 8:34 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

        [Henry A. Kissinger's] schedule
            -Departure
            -Meeting with the President

Woods left at 8:34 am.

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He's leaving between 10 and 10.30, so we'll probably be between 9 and 9.31.
All right.
  • 799-001 7:30 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 8:30 am.
  • 799-002 8:30 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:34 am.
  • 799-004 8:34 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 8:34 am and 8:50 am.
  • 799-005 8:34 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 8:34 am and 8:50 am.
  • 799-006 8:50 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:29 am.
  • 799-007 9:29 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:29 am and 9:32 am.
  • 031-048 9:32 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:32 am.
  • 799-008 9:32 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:32 am.

Conversation 799-003, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181803). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).