{"conversationCode":"803-021","tapeNumber":803,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-803-021","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T19:21:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"3:20 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:20 pm to 3:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 803-21\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: 3:20 pm - 3:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -Meetings with Soviet officials\n                 -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin\n                 -Frequency\n                     -Congress\n            - [John M. (“Jack”) Lynch]\n\n        Congressional relations\n           Spending limit rejection\n                -Statement\n                     -John D. Ehrlichman\n                     -Casper W. (“Cap”) Weinberger\n\nWoods left at 3:21 pm.\n\n                                         (rev. Nov-03)","filename":["803-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"803-020","nextCode":"803-022","transcript":[{"start":1.19,"end":4.55,"text":"We're doing a lot of business around here in Brooklyn."},{"start":4.62,"end":8.1,"text":"That's the reason many of your board members are all on the left."},{"start":8.12,"end":11.62,"text":"That's because you're here more often than the caucuses."},{"start":11.66,"end":13.56,"text":"They're beginning to object."},{"start":37.56,"end":41.56,"text":"All right, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to coordinate his upcoming schedule and manage administrative priorities. The discussion centered on organizing meetings with Soviet officials, including Ambassador Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, and addressing legislative matters such as the recent rejection of a spending limit. The President also deliberated on the necessary messaging and involvement of staff members John Ehrlichman and Caspar Weinberger regarding these congressional relations.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Rose Mary Woods","Soviet relations","Anatoliy Dobrynin","Congressional relations","Federal spending"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:08:13.591Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","rose-mary-woods","soviet-relations","anatoliy-dobrynin","congressional-relations","federal-spending"],"audioDurationSec":65,"audioFiles":[{"file":"803-021.mp3","bytes":1560449,"durationSec":64.96,"bitrate":192173,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/803-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/803/conversation-803-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}