Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-049

Nixon & Sanchez on Rose Mary Woods and Library materials

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 5:15 PM–5:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation281-049 on Tape 281 (tape position 04:10:07–04:12:27)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 5:15 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 5:42 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-049 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss administrative matters and potential assignments. The brief discussion primarily focused on tasks involving Rose Mary Woods and logistics related to the management of library materials. No major policy developments were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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Position in tape: 04:10:07 – 04:12:27

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NARA Description

On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-049 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-49

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:42 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Assignment
          -Rose Mary Woods

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[Personal Returnable]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:42 pm.

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I don't say it that way, but this is a time when the preeminent thing, basically, was qualification and frankly belonging.
Okay.
Then I have one thought.
I would say this.
The President believes that the President has directed the Attorney General, Mr. Carson, that in view of the, in view of the act that the APA is saying that this very outstanding woman was not involved, he's directing the Attorney General, whenever vacancies occur on circuit courts of appeals, that
Women should be considered, and whenever possible, appointed so that we can prepare a woman for service on the Supreme Court.
The President believes a woman ought to be on the Supreme Court.
I think that should be said.
It needs to be directed to the Attorney General.
And they've just occurred in the Federal District Courts and Federal Circuit Courts that they'll say, well, what about house dadders
We don't know that she was under consideration.
I'm not going to say that.
So we can prepare that we have to have, we have to have someone on the court.
Okay.
First of all, people have to be on the court.
Then I've gone through your background.
Yeah, you make a lot of key points, which I'm just going to use for my guy.
Well, you make the point that you don't feel that the Jewish scene, the black scene, you agree with the white one.
You don't feel that the regional or the...
But you are sectional, but you were going to make sure that qualified individuals from all sections of the country came before you for consideration.
In this case, political clearance?
No, no political clearance.
The President has made it clear from the outset that he didn't deal with the politicians.
He didn't say there was no political clearance on either of these.
He didn't refer to what you said at all.
So I think, based upon what you said at that time,

Also recorded on October 21, 1971

  • 012-048 5:00 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
  • 281-048 5:06 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:06 pm to 5:15 pm.
  • 012-049 5:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:42 pm.
  • 012-050 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
  • 281-050 5:42 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:42 pm.
  • 281-051 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
  • 281-052 5:43 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
  • 281-053 5:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 281-049, 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/281-049 (accessed November 12, 2026).