Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 815 › Conversation 815-004

Nixon & Woods on Administrative correspondence and New York trip

Friday, November 24, 1972 · 8:03 AM–8:21 AM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation815-004 on Tape 815StartFriday, November 24, 1972 at 8:03 AMEndFriday, November 24, 1972 at 8:21 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 815-004 ↗

President Nixon and personal secretary Rose Mary Woods met to manage administrative tasks and office correspondence. They discussed the President’s personal notes and specific letters, including a piece of correspondence from Marjorie P. Acker. The meeting also addressed logistical preparations for the President’s upcoming trip to New York.

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On November 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:21 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 815-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 815-4

Date: November 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:21 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

       Letters
             -The President's notes
             -Marjorie P. Acker
             -The President’s schedule
                  -Forthcoming trip to New York

Woods left at an unknown time before 8:21 am.
  • 815-001 8:03 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:21 am.
  • 815-002 8:03 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:21 am.
  • 815-003 8:03 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:21 am.
  • 815-005 8:03 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:21 am.
  • 815-006 8:21 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:21 am to 8:56 am.
  • 815-007 8:56 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:56 am and 9:37 am.
  • 815-008 8:56 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:56 am and 9:37 am.
  • 815-009 8:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:56 am and 9:37 am.

Conversation 815-004, November 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/815-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).