Rose Mary Woods Biography and Timeline

White House Tape 898-006

Rose Mary Woods appears with Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman in the 11-minute White House recording numbered 898-006; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

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Haldeman's personal notes on the meeting indicate that the break-in was the subject under discussion. Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in initial testimony about the tape, said, "The buttons said on and off, forward and backward.

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I caught on to that fairly fast.

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The White House reports missing subpoenaed recordings and an eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap in the June 20, 1972 Nixon-Haldeman conversation.

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The disputed June 20, 1972 recording concerns a conversation between President Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman.

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Woods denies deliberately erasing the recording and says any accidental erasure she caused would account for only part of the eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap.

Tape Erasure Demonstration

Demonstrates how she says part of a presidential tape could have been erased accidentally while she operated transcription equipment and reached for a telephone.

Tape Erasure Explanation

Explains that she accidentally erased part of a June 1972 presidential recording while transcribing it, though the full eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap remains unexplained.

Role range: 1972-1974

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Woods demonstrates how she says she could have accidentally erased part of a presidential recording while operating transcription equipment and reaching for a telephone.

Tape Erasure Demonstration

Demonstrates how she says part of a presidential tape could have been erased accidentally while she operated transcription equipment and reached for a telephone.