President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and personal aide Manolo Sanchez to focus on the final preparation of an upcoming presidential address. The discussion centered on reviewing and finalizing revisions for the speech text. Woods was tasked with managing the necessary typing and administrative updates to ensure the document was ready for delivery.
On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 7:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 273-39
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:43 pm and 7:14 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
President's forthcoming speech
-Changes
-Typing
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:43 pm.
[End of telephone conversation]
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[Duration: 5s ]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:14 p.m.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.