Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 266 › Conversation 266-011

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff

Thursday, July 29, 1971 · 2:45 PM–5:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation266-011 on Tape 266 (tape position 02:35:02–02:36:36)StartThursday, July 29, 1971 at 2:45 PMEndThursday, July 29, 1971 at 5:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 266-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. While the specific details of their discussion remain undocumented, the meeting functioned as a private, informal interaction between the President and a trusted member of his domestic staff. No formal policy decisions or administrative actions were recorded as a result of this brief engagement.

Audio

part B, 32:40

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 02:35:02 to 02:36:36 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On July 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 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 266-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 266-11

Date: July 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     Requested meeting

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on July 29, 1971

  • 007-026 1:50 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 6:32 pm.
  • 266-007 1:50 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 267-001 1:50 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:50 pm on July 29, 1971 and 9:08 am on July 30, 1971.
  • 266-008 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 266-009 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 266-010 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 266-012 2:45 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 266-013 2:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 266-011, July 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/266-011 (accessed November 3, 2026).