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Start Date: 28-Oct-1972 8:45 AM

End Date: 28-Oct-1972 9:00 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Woods, Rose Mary[Unknown person(s)]

Recording Device: Oval Office

809-001.mp3

NARA Description:

On October 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:45 am to 9:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 809-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 809-1

Date: October 28, 1972
Time: 8:45 am - 9:00 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

        Speech draft revisions for October 29, 1972 radio broadcast
            -National defense
                -Opponent’s proposals
                -1962 compared to 1969

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:45 am.

        Instruction

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:00 am.

        Speech draft revisions for October 29, 1972 radio broadcast

An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 9:00 am.

        Speech draft revisions for October 29, 1972 radio broadcast
            -Status of U.S. nuclear forces
                 -January 1969
                 -Size of US superiority
                 -Soviet Union's nuclear buildup
                      -US inaction
                 -Compared to Soviet Union
            -Page notation
            -Instructions on draft changes

Woods left at 9:00 am.