Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 250 › Conversation 250-030

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential valet

Friday, April 16, 1971 · 5:34 PM–7:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation250-030 on Tape 250 (tape position 03:59:24–04:00:40)StartFriday, April 16, 1971 at 5:34 PMEndFriday, April 16, 1971 at 7:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 250-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction consisted of a specific request made by the President to his aide. No further details regarding the nature of the request or subsequent policy developments are available due to the limited duration of the recording.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.1 MB

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.

NARA Description

On April 16, 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 5:34 pm and 7:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 250-30

Date: April 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 7:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

******************************************************************************

[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/10/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]

[250-030-w001]
[Duration: 2s]

     Request

******************************************************************************

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:04 pm

Also recorded on April 16, 1971

  • 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.
  • 250-024 5:32 PM · 11 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 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 042-056 5:33 PM · 23 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
  • 250-025 5:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
  • 250-026 5:34 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 7:04 pm.
  • 250-027 5:34 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 7:04 pm.
  • 250-028 5:34 PM · 7 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 5:34 pm and 7:04 pm.
  • 250-029 5:34 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 7:04 pm.

All 51 conversations from April 16, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 250-030, 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/250-030 (accessed October 3, 2026).