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Nixon & Woods on Lady Cromer and Gift coordination

Friday, February 2, 1973 · 8:59 AM–9:39 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation847-002 on Tape 847StartFriday, February 2, 1973 at 8:59 AMEndFriday, February 2, 1973 at 9:39 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 847-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discussed administrative arrangements for an upcoming luncheon featuring Lady Cromer. The President requested that a music box be acquired and delivered as a gift for Lady Cromer prior to the event. Additionally, the pair touched upon the status of misplaced musical items and coordinated Woods’s schedule for later that day.

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All I want to do is get one of those boxes for Mrs. Cromer.
Lady Cromer.
I want to enter myself into it.
Could you have it delivered to the house?
Could you have it delivered to the thing before the lunch?
Before the lunchtime.
That would be nice.
And probably the show band around Chicago.
Are they lost?
Yeah, they're lost.
I sat down with them.
She's certainly feeling sick.
Okay.
You agreed to take them there.
I was supposed to get them, but I didn't get to take them.
Can you show you and see if there's something to take with them?
Okay, I'm going to be picking some of the problems out of here.
I'll have you take them or send them out.
That's all.
All right.
I thought after your meeting, you were going to come back.
I may come back, though.
Then we'll call you back.
Thank you.
It is.
I think it is.
I think I may have worn one before.
Okay.
Got somebody.

NARA Description

On February 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:59 am and 9:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 847-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 847-2

Date: February 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:59 am and 9:39 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

      Gift for Lady Cromer
              -Music box
                     -Time of presentation
                            -Luncheon
                     -Waltz

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

      President’s schedule
                                               -2-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

              -Briefcase
              -Camp David
              -Suit

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Woods left at an unknown time before 9:39 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 847-002, February 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/847-002 (accessed October 9, 2026).