Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 599 › Conversation 599-014

Nixon, Woods & Sanchez on Imelda Marcos and Camp David

Friday, October 22, 1971 · 12:46 PM–12:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 9 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Sanchez, ManoloConversation599-014 on Tape 599 (tape position 02:20:32–02:30:01)StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 12:46 PMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 12:57 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 599-014 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179253 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and personal aide Manolo Sanchez in the Oval Office to address administrative matters and logistics regarding his personal schedule. The discussion centered on planning the President's upcoming activities, including arrangements for Imelda Marcos's book presentation and logistics for family travel to Camp David. The session concluded with the President coordinating his lunch and departure schedule with his staff.

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NARA Description

On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 12:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 599-014

Date: October 22, 1971
Time: 12:46 pm - 12:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods

     The President's schedule
          -Imelda Marcos
               -Presentation of book

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:46 pm.

     Lunch

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:57 pm.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/08/2019. 3m
24s segment cleared for release with two segments of 42s and 3m 37s remaining closed as 599-014-
w001 and 599-014-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[599-014-w001]
[Duration: 3m 24s]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower's schedule

     Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox
           -Schedule
                -White House

                 -Camp David

     The President's schedule
          -Florida

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[599-014-w001]
[Duration: 42s]
Show the rest of the log (34 more lines)
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     [No conversation]

     Imelda Marcos
          -Meeting with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox
          -Beauty

     Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
           -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
                -Philadelphia
           -The President’s schedule
                -Dinner
           -Camp David

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[599-014-w002]
[Duration: 3m 37s]

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     Anne C. Whitman
          -Visit to Oval Office

The President and Woods left at 12:57 pm.

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You're looking down.
Yeah, it is.
You can see it, Jack.
She's been buried, you know.
She's buried, Mike.
She's buried there.
But now...
and then I called back to ask the agent whether she was working or shopping or something.
Although I thought that Trisha and Anna arrived at 3.30, wherever they get there, 3.30, coming to the lighthouse and then going to Camp David.
Why don't you go to the front, if you think you can.
Yeah.
All right.
I want to tell you that it was, it was a thrill to those girls too to see what the class was like.
The more of a thrill to have you walk in.
The more that Jack Conrad was volunteering and doing this, the better it got.
Because, I mean, they were, they were, they were just so, apparently it was a great class.
And they thought she was beautiful, and she is.
Well, I don't know what you say, Trish.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
She's going to take off.
You might be having a group of scientists.
I'm eating it down up there.
Because you're going to have dinner on that, on your living, on your floor.
Yeah, well, they'll talk very long.
Well, she won't be in there.
She's going to can't be in there.
You know what, that's okay.

— 3 min 42 s with no transcribed speech —

See that?
That's cheap.
It's a, it's a real, this is the first time she's painted, but I decided to go over there as much as we could.
Right.
Over, over as fast as they
All right.
You're not going to be in here.
All right.
I don't want to disturb you.
All right.
All right.
All right.

Also recorded on October 22, 1971

  • 599-009 10:52 AM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:52 am and 11:09 am.
  • 599-010 11:19 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:43 am.
  • 599-011 11:43 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Imedla Marcos, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:06 pm.
  • 599-012 12:16 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Clark MacGregor, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:45 pm.
  • 599-013 12:45 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:45 pm.
  • 599-015 1:00 PM · 2 min — Rose Mary Woods, Anne Whitman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:03 pm.
  • 599-016 1:03 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 599-017 2:05 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, George H. W. Bush, William P. Rogers, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:05 pm to 3:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 599-014, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179253). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-014 (accessed November 2, 2026).