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Conversation 817-002

TapeTape 817StartThursday, November 30, 1972 at 8:32 AMEndThursday, November 30, 1972 at 8:34 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose Mary;  Monzon, Zosimo T.Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Zosimo T. Monzon met to coordinate the administrative processing of presidential correspondence and official White House mail. The discussion focused on establishing protocols for drafting, reviewing, and tracking responses to ensure letters were not duplicated or handled improperly. Additionally, the group briefly addressed logistical matters concerning the maintenance and condition of official pens used by the President.

White House administrationCorrespondence managementRose Mary WoodsPresidential recordsAdministrative logistics
AudioNARA Description

On November 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 817-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 817-2

Date: November 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:32 am and 8:34 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

       Greetings

       White House mail
             -Replies to incoming letters
                    -Copies
                            -Xeroxes and originals
                                   -The President’s schedule
                                          -Florida
                    -Carl B. Albert [?]
                    -Drafts
                            -The President’s suggestions
                    -Folder

Zosimo T. Monson [?] entered at unknown time after 8:32 am.

       Pens
              -Disposition
              -Damage
                                            -3-
                                             3

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Apr.-08)

                                                             Conversation No. 817-2 (cont’d)

Monson [?} left at an unknown time before 8:34 pm.

       White House mail
             -Replies to incoming letters
                    -Markings
                    -The President’s notes
             -The National League of Families of American Prisoners letter
                    -Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew
                            -Henry A. Kissinger’s office
             -Arthur F. Burns
                    -Note to the President
                            -Reply
                            -Timing
                                   -1972 election
                            -Reply

       Pens
              -Working condition
              -Expense

Woods left at an unknown time before 8:34 am.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

And I think, well, all those of us that, we send you the things, give them a dare to prepare the answer, or you the dare to send the original answer.
So I should just be certain that all of us are part of that process?
I bet he could.
But I think he was going to have to go on and on and on about the situation.
Well, sometimes they will be gone, but you have to prepare them.
Sometimes when you send suggestions back, they've been helpful, because they've been there, and they're here, and they've changed, and they're working.
I can take that over and mark this one.
My main concern is to know whether if the answer is gone, and I don't want to work on it at all, but if the answer is not gone, I will put a remote on with personal mode, which will help, which I'd like to do.
I know that I may have, I want to be sure I don't dictate an answer, and if somebody, I know they'll channel, be sure it's not already gone out.
Well, this is like, I can ask a couple questions first.
The Vice President wants you to see this letter from the National League of Families of American Christians.
He sent that over.
And what did she look at?
Tampers.
Okay.
And are they burned?
I sent that over to, uh, to, uh, to, uh, to, uh, to, uh, to, uh, to, uh,
And our parents, they had prepared just to use the little remote, and you thought you wouldn't bother writing it, but he's written a couple of nice ones.
I don't think we could just die on that one.
No, that's a good one.
He's written a couple of nice ones.
I thought you might want to take it.
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