Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 251 › Conversation 251-020

Nixon & Sanchez on personal staff

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 9:31 AM–9:48 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation251-020 on Tape 251 (tape position 02:14:21–02:14:40)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:31 AMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 9:48 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 251-020 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183557 ↗

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On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:48 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-020 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 251-20

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:31 am and 9:48 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

     Instructions

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:48 am

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You know, you take these, and I'll take out the little clothes that you put there.
Look.
  • 042-077 9:29 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:29 am to 9:31 am.
  • 251-019 9:29 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:29 am to 9:31 am.
  • 251-021 9:31 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:48 am.
  • 251-022 9:48 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:48 am to 9:50 am.
  • 251-023 9:50 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.
  • 251-024 9:50 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.
  • 251-025 9:50 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.
  • 251-026 9:50 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:24 am.

Conversation 251-020, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183557). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-020 (accessed November 4, 2026).