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Whitman, Woods & Sanchez on Oval Office and Presidential Memorabilia

Friday, October 22, 1971 · 1:00 PM–1:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsWoods, Rose Mary; Whitman, Anne; Sanchez, ManoloConversation599-015 on Tape 599 (tape position 02:30:01–02:38:18)StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 1:00 PMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 1:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 599-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179255 ↗

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.

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NARA 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. 599-015

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.

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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.

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.
  • 599-014 12:46 PM · 9 min — 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.
  • 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 599-015, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179255). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).