Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-038

Nixon phone call with Woods on Speechwriting and Manolo Sanchez

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 12:39 PM–12:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation012-038 on Tape 12 (tape position 01:08:24–01:08:42)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 12:39 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 12:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-038 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, coordinate the delivery of a speech draft that Woods has completed. Woods confirms the document is ready, and they arrange for Manolo Sanchez to retrieve it from her. The discussion ensures the secure and prompt transfer of the material to the President.

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Yeah.
Hello.
How are you coming on that road?
Oh, I was on my way over, and they called me back.
We were just waiting because I didn't want to leave it anywhere.
It's been done for a long time.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right, just, just, I can send Manolo over to pick it up.
Well, I'll meet him partway.
Fine, all right, fine.
Okay.

NARA Description

On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 12:39 pm to 12:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-038 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-038

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 12:39 pm- 12:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-29]
     President’s forthcoming speech
           -Typing
                -Completion of work
                -Delivery to the President
                      -Manolo Sanchez

Also recorded on October 21, 1971

  • 598-004 12:06 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 7:28 pm.
  • 281-027 12:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:36 pm to 12:38 pm.
  • 281-028 12:38 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:39 pm.
  • 281-029 12:39 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:39 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 281-030 12:40 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:17 pm.
  • 281-031 12:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:17 pm.
  • 281-032 12:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:17 pm.
  • 281-033 12:40 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-038, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-038 (accessed October 12, 2026).