Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-141

Sanchez phone call on White House logistics and Rose Mary Woods

Wednesday, March 1, 1972 · 7:02 PM–7:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 51 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Sanchez, ManoloConversation020-141 on Tape 20 (tape position 04:50:56–04:51:47)StartWednesday, March 1, 1972 at 7:02 PMEndWednesday, March 1, 1972 at 7:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-141 ↗

AI Summary

Manolo Sanchez coordinated with the White House operator and Rose Mary Woods to manage President Nixon’s telephone communications and logistics. The discussion focused on locating the President near the Lincoln Sitting Room and ensuring his phone line remained open for upcoming calls. The primary action item involved Sanchez instructing the operator to maintain the connection to facilitate the President's immediate telephonic availability.

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Mr. President.
Thank you for Mr. President.
It is me.
Charlie, put me Rose through, please.
Yes, Rose is on the line.
Okay.
Rose?
Yes.
Rose?
Yes.
He said he's way here to the Lincoln Prison Room, to recycle.
He be here.
I'm sorry, he was there before.
Oh, okay.
He just asked you probably to tell him to go back to the prison room.
She said he's going to resect me.
Okay, all right.
She said go to Hungary here, okay?
Yeah, okay.
Operator.
Operator, the president is going to pick you up with his telephone.
He wants to marry you.
To where?
He wants to pick you up with his telephone.
All right.
Keep the line up with his telephone, please.
Yes, okay.

NARA Description

On March 1, 1972, the White House operator and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:02 pm and 7:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-141 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-141

Date: March 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:02 pm and 7:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Manolo Sanchez.

     Rose Mary Woods on the line

Woods talked with Sanchez.

     President's schedule

Sanchez talked with the White House operator.

     Request to keep line open

Also recorded on March 2, 1972

  • 020-142 7:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:53 pm to 7:54 pm.
  • 093-002 10:30 AM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cabinet Committee on Education, including L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III, Elliot L. Richardson, George P. Shultz, Kenneth W. Dam, Paul H. O'Neill, John D. Ehrlichman, Edward L. Morgan, James Clawson, Clark MacGregor, Ronald L. Ziegler, Dana G. Meade, Samuel C. Jackson, William H. Brown, III, Norman B. Houston, Samuel J. Simmons, and Stephen B. Bull, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:30 am to 11:43 am.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-141, March 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-141 (accessed October 12, 2026).