President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to address a variety of administrative, logistical, and personal matters. The conversation covered routine office business, including the handling of official correspondence, the coordination of travel arrangements for family members, and the acquisition of gifts for supporters. Additionally, the pair discussed private financial matters and scheduling concerns regarding the President’s upcoming trip to Florida.
On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:06 pm to 1:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 886-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 886-18
Date: March 21, 1973
Time: 1:06 pm -1:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
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Anthony T. (“Tony”) Rossi
Glasses
-Dan Parker
-Etching
-Costs
-Gifts
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John S. D. Eisenhower
-Resignation from Interagency Classification Review Committee
-Acceptance of Army Reserve Command post
Patricia R. Hitt
-Letter
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Hitt's letter
-Copy to Bruce A. Kehrli
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Trip to Europe by Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox
-White House Transportation Office
-Wilbur Jenkins
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Cash finances
-Fund
-Needs
-Woods' fund
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-Inquiry and response
-Amount
-Lack of record
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-President, Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Transfer
-Needs
-Knowledge of existence
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New York City
-Party
-Woods’s attendance
-Salute to the Air Force Ball
-[First name unknown] Rickel [?]
President’s former law office in New York
-Office space availability
-Tom Evans
-World Trade Center’s impact
President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Speech
-Press conference
-Prisoners of War [POWs] return
-Return of US forces from Vietnam
-Woods’s presence
-Mrs. Nixon’s and Tricia Nixon Cox’s trip to Camp David
-Return to Washington, DC
-Weather
-Jack Sherwood, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Meeting with George P. Shultz
-Walker’s Cay, Florida
-Camp David
-Mrs. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox
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Conversation No. 886-18 (cont’d)
-Transportation arrangements
Glasses
-Possible gifts to friends, supporters
-Rossi
-Service to President
-Special gifts
-Book, plaque
Malcom Moose
-President of University of Minnesota
-Wife’s health
-Tour of Oval Office
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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Woods left at 1:20 pm.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.