Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 502 › Conversation 502-004
Nixon & Sanchez on Oval Office and Personal Staff
Thursday, May 20, 1971 · 8:19 AM–8:32 AM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to address a brief logistical request. The discussion focused on the specific placement or acquisition of a table. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this short interaction.
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NARA Description
On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:19 am and 8:32 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 502-4
Date: May 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:19 am and 8:32 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez [?].
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/30/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[502-004-w001]
[Duration: 4s]
Request
-Table [?]
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Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 8:32 am.Also recorded on May 20, 1971
- 502-001 7:21 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dean G. Acheson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:21 am and 8:05 am.
- 502-002 8:05 AM · 35 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 8:14 am.
- 003-078 8:16 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George W. Ball talked on the telephone from 8:16 am to 8:19 am.
- 502-003 8:16 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George W. Ball met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:16 am to 8:19 am.
- 003-079 8:19 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:19 am and 11:50 am.
- 502-005 8:32 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:38 am.
- 502-006 8:38 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:38 am to 9:02 am.
- 058-004 9:02 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and the Cabinet members, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, William E. Timmons, Charles W. Colson, John A. Scali, Richard A. Moore, Harry S. Dent, Leonard Garment, John W. Dean, III, Frederic V. Malek, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gerald C. Smith, Arthur J. Sohmer, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Virginia H. Knauer, and Arnold R. Weber, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 9:02 am to 9:48 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 502-004, May 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-004 (accessed September 26, 2026).