Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-119
Nixon phone call with Woods on Fina Sanchez and Schedule coordination
Friday, December 31, 1971 · 9:13 PM–9:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 50 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, held a brief end-of-year conversation to coordinate administrative logistics regarding Fina Sanchez’s travel schedule to Spain. The discussion centered on managing gift arrangements for the mothers of Manolo and Fina Sanchez, with Stephen Bull identified as the point of contact for these items. No further policy or significant political matters were addressed during this brief exchange.
- Fina Sanchez
- Rose Mary Woods
- Schedule coordination
- Gift administration
- Stephen Bull
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NARA Description
On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-119 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-119
Date: December 31, 1971
Time: 9:13 pm - 9:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 311-5]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[017-119-w001]
[Duration: 47s]
Fina Sanchez’s schedule
-Spain
-Mothers of Manolo and Fina Sanchez
-Gifts
-Stephen Bull
**********************************************************************Also recorded on January 1, 1972
- 017-116 9:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elmer H. Bobst talked on the telephone from 9:08 pm to 9:11 pm.
- 017-117 9:11 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 017-118 9:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 311-003 9:11 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 311-004 9:11 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 311-005 9:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 pm to 9:14 pm.
- 017-120 9:14 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm.
- 311-006 9:14 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-119, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-119 (accessed October 11, 2026).