Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 250 › Conversation 250-017
Sanchez on White House logistics and Administrative coordination
Friday, April 16, 1971 · 3:27 PM–5:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec
AI Summary
Manolo Sanchez met with an unknown woman in the President's office to facilitate administrative coordination regarding the President’s daily schedule. The discussion focused on organizing an upcoming meeting between the President and an unidentified individual. No further significant policy decisions or substantive actions were recorded during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On April 16, 1971, Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 250-17
Date: April 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
Manolo Sanchez met with an unknown woman
President’s schedule
-President’s meeting with an unknown person
Sanchez and the unknown woman left at an unknown time before 5:30 pmAlso recorded on April 16, 1971
- 250-016 3:15 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:27 pm.
- 250-018 3:27 PM · 4 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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-019 3:27 PM · 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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-020 3:27 PM · 4 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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-021 3:27 PM · 15 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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-022 3:27 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 482-030 3:47 PM · 15 sec — United States Secret Service agents and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:47 pm and 3:49 pm.
- 042-055 5:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:30 pm to 5:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 250-017, April 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-017 (accessed October 3, 2026).