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Conversation 599-015

TapeTape 599StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 1:00 PMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 1:03 PMTape start time02:30:01Tape end time02:38:18ParticipantsWoods, Rose Mary;  Whitman, Anne;  Sanchez, ManoloRecording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

Rose Mary Woods, Anne Whitman, and Manolo Sanchez met briefly in the Oval Office to exchange casual conversation and tour the room's historical features. The participants discussed the provenance of presidential office furniture and personal photographs, including a specific portrait created by Leo Cherne. This informal gathering served primarily as a social encounter rather than a policy or administrative briefing.

Oval OfficeRose Mary WoodsManolo SanchezAnne WhitmanPresidential MemorabiliaLeo Cherne
AudioNARA Description

On October 22, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 599-15

Date: October 22, 1971
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

Rose Mary Woods and Anne Whitman met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Salutations

     Oval Office
          -Furniture
               -Desk
               -Abraham Lincoln picture

Woods and Whitman left at 1:03 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Oh, yes!
Oh!
But most of all, they said that he drank about 18 months ago.
I tell him in person, the president read in his papers every month.
So when someone tells you what he has to tell, and this guy comes in his paper like that, of course it's not true.
But you see, I knew that he said she didn't want to see him.
And this is the desk he had up on the hill.
This is the rug for breakfast.
This is the rug for breakfast.
And he was, I think that, that header was kind of crazy.
You know who did that?
Leo Chernin.
I remember that he, you know, he was acting on Harley-Davidson.
And you know what he did?
He did it from a negative, a picture that came just a few days before making the shot.
And it was a film that didn't quite turn out right.
And I think it's one of the best I've ever seen.
But that's the nice thing.
That spirit I'm not going to end up leaving.
And we were a lot of people, as I've said.
Who's in there?
All of you, me.
I'm not so far.
You might as well.
You might as well.
You might as well.
You might as well.
You might as well, you know.
My God.
That's the other thing.
It's not how it is.
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