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Conversation 718-012

TapeTape 718StartWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 12:18 PMEndWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 12:35 PMTape start time02:26:18Tape end time02:43:00ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Sanchez, Manolo;  Woods, Rose MaryRecording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide Manolo Sanchez and secretary Rose Mary Woods to discuss Sanchez’s upcoming knee surgery and recovery timeline. The President and Woods also reviewed various administrative tasks, including correspondence regarding gifts from John Connally, letters from schoolchildren, and condolence messages for the families of J. Edgar Hoover and others. Additionally, they coordinated the preparation of the President’s eulogy for Hoover and addressed general White House scheduling and office logistics.

Manolo SanchezRose Mary WoodsJ. Edgar HooverJohn ConnallyPresidential CorrespondenceMedical Leave
AudioNARA Description

On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 718-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 718-12

Date: May 3, 1972
Time: Unknown after 12:18-12:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Sanchez
          -Forthcoming knee operation
                -Amount of recovery time

Rose Mary Woods entered at 12:19 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:35 pm.

     Temperature in Oval Office

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     Gift for John B. and Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally

     Decanter

     Letter to Cyrus R. Smith
          -Copy to Connally

                                   (rev. Dec-01)

     -Gratitude for decanter
           -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
           -Connally
           -Commemoration of previous World's Fair
           -Nixon Library

Letters to President from Mrs. John Connally III's class
     -President's letter of appreciation
            -Postscript
                 -The President’s and Mrs. Nixon's visit to Connally ranch

Adele (Langston) Rogers St. Johns's telephone call to Woods
     -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
     -President's statement upon J. Edgar Hoover's death
     -Previous trip by President to Florida
     -Gridiron Dinner
           -President's appearance with John F. Kennedy
     -Hoover's statement about the President

Letter to Miriam Summerfield
     -Form
     -President's call
           -[Arthur E. Summerfield]

Letter to Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff
     -Other form of condolence

Decanter
    -Location
         -Stephen B. Bull
    -John Connally
    -Sanford L. Fox
    -Description

Hoover
    -President's eulogy
          -Location
                -Warren E. Burger
    -President's statement upon Hoover's death
    -Eulogy
          -Preparation

                                       (rev. Dec-01)

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower
           -Location

     Temperature in Oval Office

     President's schedule

     Sanchez
          -Forthcoming knee operation
                -Recovery time

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:19 pm.

     Weather

The President, Woods and Sanchez left at 12:35 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Yes, sir.
What they do now?
.
. .
And they said they'd take out the fluid and they put it in the vessel.
It was good.
It had nothing.
It was pure.
It didn't have any kind of bad bacteria.
And everything was good.
And when are they going to operate?
10 weeks, sir.
How long will you be out of action?
How much?
Five or six weeks, sir.
Five or six weeks in the hospital?
No, in the hospital, seven days.
And after in drugs, about three or four weeks.
And two or three things.
Take me to me it is, if you prefer.
Twisted cabinets.
Well, that's OK. Can't you just drive me?
Yes, sir, I can.
How do you know that?
Yeah, he's a trucker.
I was going to ask you about that beautiful decanter.
It's in my office right now.
I would say that CR's semester
uh, for the, uh, presentation made, uh, to us, uh, uh, of the, uh, Magnificent Begannery.
That was called the, uh, the finished exhibition of the, uh, the finished exhibit of the, uh, the finished exhibit of the Magnificent Begannery.
I'm real scared.
I'm sure I'll get this one.
Very smart.
Also, when we were there, I exposed them to Steve Rivers with his friend.
They commonly got our mom as a teacher in the first and second grade class, wrote letters.
She gave me a package.
Did you see the very nice letters prepared by some of the students that are here?
This is also a case of fellow members of the class that are waiting in line for any of their conferences.
It's certainly a fine tribute to their teachers, you know, or something like that.
I think they got over it straightforward.
Yes, they did.
And then the PS was the next in line.
We're going to need to drive our visit to Conner Ranch, particularly because it was not wanted to know that the other members, the younger members of
Bob said that you had a problem with that one.
I said you had something you wanted to talk about.
Oh yes, I heard about it.
I didn't think I needed to answer that couple, but that one was the... You didn't talk about it.
She called yesterday when she had heard your statement on the air.
She thought it was very eloquent and beautiful.
This was right after you gave it in the morning.
And of course she knew it, you know, very well.
She felt very deep with it.
She said that one time he told her about it.
She knows what he said to her about you, but the fact was that he came back from Florida with you for some dinner that she thought it was you and Kennedy had to go to.
He come down to Florida and come back with you for dinner?
Well, she didn't go in a year.
But at any rate, what he said to her after this, it sounded like it might have been that he had to go to the grid out of dinner.
You didn't go to the grid out of dinner, Lawrence Kennedy was the president, did you?
It was something that you and Kennedy had to appear at.
And he said to her,
Well, I never had any children.
I've got it down in a second.
Because I didn't feel I could make them hostages to my job.
But if I could have had, or if I had had a son, I wish it could have been Dick Nixon.
And she was so, you know, she thought that was very, very true.
I've got it all.
I've typed it out.
Then there's a letter I read that they wrote to, uh,
Mrs. Somerfield, do you want to send a typed letter to her at all?
He sent flowers, you know, and he sent stamps.
I could bring it if it's art.
You could put an art on it.
I don't really think it's necessary.
Well, uh...
I'll look at it.
Oh, it should be a wine letter.
It might as well be.
I know her.
I know you did before he died.
And, uh, so I said, dear Marion, it's a good letter.
Well, I'll take it.
Okay.
The other thing is, there's a letter, it's a little old now, but one to, uh, Ribicoff for his wife's death.
We sent flowers, but you didn't know her by her first name, did you?
You thought of her first name, and I just didn't know.
Yeah, I mean, I thought that we might have it out there so common to see it.
Yeah, it's very handsome.
Boxes, it will be great when you're ready to show it.
You know, you'll see it.
try to work up a little eulogy.
And they're all so hard.
You're going to do the one at the church, aren't you?
Yeah.
Are they going to have one in the cabin?
I understand they're having one that Berger sent to us.
That's what one of the girls out there told me they heard on the radio.
I thought your statement yesterday was just really great.
Just wonderful.
I hope we get something out of your work out too much.
I hope so.
Well, there's been so much printed and being said on the radio and everything that say you ought to be in a different town.
Yeah, there was a lot of background on them, and they didn't feel something.
It was bad.
She doesn't have a bonnet, then.
You're going to stay here very long.
I don't want to light the fire for you.
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