Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 892 › Conversation 892-017

Nixon, Woods & Sanchez on White House logistics and Executive Office Building

Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 4:42 PM–4:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation892-017 on Tape 892StartTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 4:42 PMEndTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 4:45 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 892-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal secretary Rose Mary Woods, valet Manolo Sanchez, and other individuals to coordinate logistics for his daily schedule and movement between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building. The brief discussion primarily focused on scheduling appointments, including meetings with Samuel L. Devine and David Eisenhower II. Additionally, the participants touched upon routine administrative matters, including Woods's recent travel to California.

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Uh, when he gets there, he throws the ball in your office.
He throws the ball in your office.
He throws the ball in your office.
He throws the ball in your office.
Go up across the street.
All right.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

NARA Description

On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 892-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 892-17

Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:42 pm and 4:45 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

       President’s schedule
              -Samuel L. Devine
              -Meeting with [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II

Rose Mary Woods left at an unknown time before 4:45 pm.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:56 pm.

       Items removed

The President left at an unknown time before 4:45 pm.

Two unknown men entered at an unknown time after 3:56 pm.

       President’s schedule
              -Rose Mary Woods
              -Executive Office Building [EOB]

The President entered at an unknown time after 3:56 pm.

       President’s schedule
              -Unknown man’s location
              -EOB
                      -Hallway

The President and Manolo Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:45 pm.

Woods entered at an unknown time after 3:56 pm.
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            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                     Conversation No. 892-17 (cont’d)

President’s schedule
       -EOB

Greeting
       -Woods’s trip to California

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 892-017, April 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/892-017 (accessed October 5, 2026).