Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 949 › Conversation 949-017

Nixon & Woods on Record keeping and Administrative coordination

Thursday, July 12, 1973 · 8:44 PM–8:46 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation949-017 on Tape 949StartThursday, July 12, 1973 at 8:44 PMEndThursday, July 12, 1973 at 8:46 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 949-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the logistical process of transferring materials. The brief exchange concerns the coordination of file management or record handling. No major policy decisions are reached during this short interaction.

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And now here we go.
you're ready to transfer a class.

NARA Description

On July 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 pm to 8:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 949-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 949-17

Date: July 12, 1973
Time: 8:44 pm - 8:46 pm
Location: Oval Office
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 949-17 (cont’d)

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods

[See Conversation No. 41-70]

Also recorded on July 13, 1973

  • 949-013 8:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:33 pm.
  • 949-014 8:22 PM · 14 min — Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, President Richard M. Nixon, and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 949-015 8:22 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 949-016 8:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 041-068 8:33 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:33 pm.
  • 041-069 8:33 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:33 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 041-070 8:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:41 pm to 8:46 pm.
  • 949-018 8:46 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 pm and 8:48 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 949-017, July 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/949-017 (accessed October 12, 2026).