President Nixon and his secretary, Rose Mary Woods, met to discuss administrative arrangements for upcoming events and the President's public messaging. The conversation focused heavily on guest lists and logistics for the official visit of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, as well as the strategy for the President's televised address regarding price control measures. Nixon provided guidance on maintaining a nonpartisan appearance for his events while tasking Woods with managing high-level invitations and coordinating schedules with various political figures.
On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:56 am to 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 940-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 940-4
Date: June 14, 1973
Time: 10:56 am - 11:10 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
President’s address to nation addressing price control measures
-Woods’s schedule
-Telephone calls to Woods
-John B. Connally
-Kathleen (Carmody) Stans
-Maurice H. Stans
Watergate
-Stans
-Forthcoming telephone call from Rose Mary Woods
-President’s conversations
-John D. Ehrlichman
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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Conversation No. 940-4 (cont’d)
-Charles Colson
-Frank Fitzsimmons
Forthcoming Leonid I. Brezhnev visit
-Dinner
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s note to Rose Woods
-Arrangements
-Unknown person
-Anne [last name unknown]
-Connally
-Ambassador
Possible invitation to John B. Connally and Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
-California
-Overnight visit
-Disneyland
-Brezhnev
Woods’s forthcoming conversation with George H. W. Bush
-Anne L. Armstrong
-John Connally
-Republican Party members
-Large cities
-Invitations
Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
-Guest lists
-Handshaking
-Undersecretaries and assistant secretaries
-Woods’s conversation with William E. Timmons
-Cabinet and other officials
-Elliot L. Richardson, Earl Butz, Dr. James
R. Schlesinger, George P. Shultz, Melvin R. Laird, Alexander M.
Haig, Jr., Bryce N. Harlow
-Harlow
-Announcement
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Haig
-Compared to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Laird
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Conversation No. 940-4 (cont’d)
-[Armstrong] [?]
-William L. Safire
-Herbert G. Klein
-John W. Warner
-Johnny Mann Singers
-Debbie Reynolds
President’s address to nation addressing price control measures
-President’s recent conversation with Haig
-Speech writers
-First draft
-Economy
-Importance of beginning and end
-John Connally’s view
Connally
-Woods’s forthcoming telephone call to Donald McI. Kendall
-Golf clubs
Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
-Guest list
-Kendall
-Hobart D. C. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Writing
-Handshaking
-Administrators
-Timmons
-An unknown man
-President’s trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC]
President’s address to nation addressing price control measures
-Walter Taylor’s view
-Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
-Guest list
-Non-partisan aspect
-Taylor
-Paul Hall
-Agenda
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Conversation No. 940-4 (cont’d)
-Guest list in San Clemente
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Stars
-Business people
-Chicago
-Governors
-New Mexico
-Reagan
-Business people
-Californians
-John Wayne, Jimmy (“Jimmy”) Stewart
-Number
-Buffet
-Count Basie
Rose Mary Woods left at 11:10 am.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.